Coin

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Coin

Coin : காசு/ நாணயம்

Coin : காசு/ நாணயம்,நாணயம்

Coin definition

Noun.

  1. A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.
  2. A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense.
  3. That which serves for payment or recompense.

Transitive verb.

  1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal.
  2. To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word.
  3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

Intransitive verb. To manufacture counterfeit money.