transcription, транскрипция: [ kɔɪn ]
( coins, coining, coined)
1.
A coin is a small piece of metal which is used as money.
...50 pence coins.
...Frederick’s gold coin collection.
N-COUNT
2.
If you coin a word or a phrase, you are the first person to say it.
Jaron Lanier coined the term ‘virtual reality’ and pioneered its early development...
VERB : V n
3.
You say ‘ to coin a phrase ’ to show that you realize you are making a pun or using a cliché.
Fifty local musicians have, to coin a phrase, banded together to form the Jazz Umbrella.
PHRASE
4.
You use the other side of the coin to mention a different aspect of a situation.
These findings are a reminder that low pay is the other side of the coin of falling unemployment.
PHRASE : PHR with cl