■ noun
1》 a flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money.
↘money in the form of ~s.
2》 ( ~s ) one of the suits in some tarot packs, corresponding to pentacles in others.
■ verb
1》 make (~s) by stamping metal.
↘ Brit. informal earn (large amounts of money) quickly and easily: the company was ~ing it in.
2》 invent or devise (a new word or phrase).
Phrases
pay someone back in their own ~ retaliate by similar behaviour.
to ~ a phrase said when introducing a new expression or a variation on a familiar one.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. ~ 'wedge, corner, die', coigner 'to mint', from L. cuneus 'wedge'.