coin
- A small, flat, and typically round piece of metal issued by a government as money. nounHe dropped a coin into the vending machine to buy a snack.The collector had a rare coin from the 18th century.
- To invent or devise a new word or phrase. verbThe term 'blog' was coined in the late 1990s.She coined the phrase 'digital detox' to describe a break from electronic devices.