coined

Verb

coin (third-person singular simple present coins, present participle coining, simple past and past participle coined)

1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.
   • to coin silver dollars

   Synonyms:

   mint, manufacture

2. (broadly) To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).
   • Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined.

   Synonyms:

   invent, originate, mint

3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
   • [...] Tenants cannot coin their Rent juſt at Quarter-day, but muſt gather it up by degrees, and lodge it with them till Pay-day, or borrow it of thoſe who have it lying by them, [...]1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, →OCLC, page...

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