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What is the noun for coin?

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coin
  1. (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
  2. A token used in a special establishment like a casino (also called a chip).
  3. (figuratively) That which serves for payment or recompense.
  4. (uncountable, slang, US, African American Vernacular) money in general, not limited to coins
  5. One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
  6. A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge.
  7. A small circular slice of food.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “A spokeswoman said one person was arrested on suspicion of throwing a coin at a match official and another was arrested on suspicion of hurling a bottle.”
      “These taxes were collected in coin from the burghs and fresh coin was minted 3 times a year in 60 royal mints arranged throughout the country.”
coinage
  1. The process of coining money.
  2. (uncountable) Coins taken collectively; currency.
  3. (lexicography) The creation of new words, neologizing.
  4. (lexicography) Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.
  5. The process of creating something new.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “The author's coinage of unique words infused the novel with a fresh and innovative linguistic style.”
      “The development of a brand new coinage with enhanced security features revolutionized the process of making money.”
      “I went to the bank to exchange my check for coinage to pay for my purchases at the local market.”
coiner
  1. A person who makes coins (often counterfeit coins).
  2. A person who invents words or phrases.
  3. (obsolete) A person who invents or fabricates (stories, lies, etc.).
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The coiner was arrested for his involvement in a sophisticated counterfeit currency operation.”
      “Dyson, coiner of the lovely phrase about the non-transferability of genius, should know that.”
      “Deme came later to mean a local breeding population, despite the best attempts of its coiner.”
coining
  1. (uncountable) A form of alternative medicine from Southeast Asia where a coin is rubbed vigorously on a patient's oiled skin.
  2. (linguistics) A newly created word or phrase.
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coinbox
  1. A box inside a machine that stores inserted coins, as in a gas meter or public telephone.
coine
  1. Obsolete spelling of coin
coinages
  1. plural of coinage
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Many of these inkhorn coinages were used only once and gained no currency at all among other writers.”
      “Such coinages arose on the basis of a separate suffixal model of deverbal nominalization quite rarely.”
      “Probably more interesting is Shakespeare's inventiveness with noun-verb coinages.”
coinings
coinboxes
  1. plural of coinbox
coiners
coines
  1. plural of coine
coins
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