n. 1 specie, money, currency; change, cash, silver I have only a few coins in my pocket As he had no notes he had to pay in coin.
v. 2 mint, stamp The US government has stopped coining silver dollars 3 invent, create, conceive, originate, start, make up, fabricate, frame, concoct, think or dream up James Joyce coined the word 'quark' 4 coin it in or US only coin money. earn or make money, become wealthy, enrich oneself, Colloq rake it in Those rock stars really coin it in from their record sales