Meaning & use
coin money
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Meanings
verbidiominformal
To earn a large amount of money very quickly or easily.
Grammar: Idiom with no object beyond money; often continuous: she is coining money.
Patterns
- coin money from something
- coin it
The ice cream stand is coining money during the heat wave.
He coined money selling souvenirs to tourists.
The new app is coining money for its creators.
verbtransitivespecialist
To produce metal coins officially, or to make money by minting.
Grammar: Literal use: the mint coins money.
The royal mint began to coin money in the ninth century.
The government can coin money but cannot control its value forever.
Workers coin money from melted silver at the national mint.
Word forms
| third person singular | coins money |
|---|---|
| past tense | coined money |
| -ing form | coining money |
Common combinations
- coining money
- The shop is coining money at Christmas.
- coin money from
- He coins money from rare comics.
- coin it
- Those restaurants are really coining it.
- coin money overnight
- Nobody coins money overnight in farming.
Synonyms and how they differ
- rake it in
- Rake it in is more vivid and is equally informal.
- make a fortune
- Make a fortune is neutral and can describe a long process, whereas coin money suggests speed.
- cash in
- Cash in means to profit from a situation, not just to earn lots of money.
Opposites
Word family
- coin noun
- a flat piece of metal used as money
- coinage noun
- a system of coins, or a newly invented word
- coiner noun
- a maker of coins or new words
Commonly confused: coin money or coin a phrase?
coin money vs coin a phrase
Coin a phrase means invent a new expression, a different meaning of coin.
Practice
The food truck has been ___ since the festival began.
Choose one answer.
Coin money is the idiom for earning a lot quickly. The other choices do not form natural phrases.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “coin money”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.