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coin (coins plural & 3rd person present) (coining present participle) (coined past tense & past participle )

1 n-count A coin is a small piece of metal which is used as money.
...50 pence coins.

2 verb If you coin a word or a phrase, you are the first person to say it.
Jaron Lanier coined the term `virtual reality' and pioneered its early development... V n

3 You say `to coin a phrase' to show that you realize you are making a pun or using a cliché.
♦ to coin a phrase phrase
Fifty local musicians have, to coin a phrase, banded together to form the Jazz Umbrella.

4 You use the other side of the coin to mention a different aspect of a situation.
♦ the other side of the coin phrase
These findings are a reminder that low pay is the other side of the coin of falling unemployment.

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