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# coin

«coin» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small, flat, round piece of metal used as money** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (coin, coins); verb (coin a word — to make up a new word)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A coin is a small, flat, round piece of metal used as money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coin/#m1)

2) To toss a coin is to throw it up and see if it lands on heads or tails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coin/#m2)

3) To coin a word is to make up a new word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coin/#m3)

4) To be paid in your own coin means to be treated back in the same way that you treated others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coin/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

maths: money counted by number and value (penny 1 cent, nickel 5, dime 10, quarter 25); coin tosses in chance and probability (heads or tails, a 1 in 2 chance); everyday life: piggy banks, coin machines, coins in different countries; history: old coins found by archaeologists

### examples

- She has 8 coins worth 5 cents each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coin/#x1)
- He has 3 quarters and 2 dimes. How many coins? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coin/#x2)
- Toss a coin 10 times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coin/#x3)
- The jar holds 120 coins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coin/#x4)
- She put a coin in her piggy bank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coin/#x5)
- We tossed a coin to see who goes first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coin/#x6)
- A pound coin is gold-coloured. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coin/#x7)
- Old Roman coins were found in the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coin/#x8)
- Those who try to deceive may expect to be paid in their own coin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coin/#x9)

### note

Value = number of coins × value of each. Trap: the number of coins and their value in cents are different answers. A fair coin lands heads about half the times. Safety: small children can choke on coins.

### In the corpora

- [Most grown-ups keep their money in a bank account, and most of it is never seen as notes and coins.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/0/)
- [Anyone offering free game coins for your login is a scammer trying to steal the account or a parent's card details.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/19/)
- [Real games never ask for your password; "free coins for your login" is a trick to steal accounts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/16-secrets-scams-telling/8/)
- [A tiny pipistrelle, lighter than a coin, can eat around 3,000 small insects in one night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/153-are-bats-blind/13/)
- [The Jaragua dwarf gecko of the Caribbean is one of the smallest reptiles, small enough to curl up on a coin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «coin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.