1. n.1 any aromatic plant of the genus Mentha.
2 a peppermint sweet or lozenge.
Phrases and idioms:
mint julep US a sweet iced alcoholic drink of bourbon flavoured with mint. mint sauce chopped mint in vinegar and sugar, usu. eaten with lamb.
Derivatives:
minty adj. (mintier, mintiest).
Etymology: OE minte ult. f. L ment(h)a f. Gk minthe 2. n. & v.
--n.
1. a place where money is coined, usu. under State authority.
2 a vast sum of money (making a mint).
3 a source of invention etc. (a mint of ideas).
--v.tr.
1. make (coin) by stamping metal.
2 invent, coin (a word, phrase, etc.).
Phrases and idioms:
in mint condition (or state) freshly minted; (of books etc.) as new. mint-mark a mark on a coin to indicate the mint at which it was struck. mint-master the superintendent of coinage at a mint. mint par (in full mint parity)
1. the ratio between the gold equivalents of currency in two countries.
2 their rate of exchange based on this.
Derivatives:
mintage n.
Etymology: OE mynet f. WG f. L moneta MONEY