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mint2 /mɪnt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[mint] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a place where coins, paper currency, special medals, etc., are produced under government authority.
2. a place where something is produced or manufactured
3. a vast amount, esp. of money: He made a mint in oil wells.
–adjective
4. Philately. (of a stamp) being in its original, unused condition.
5. unused or appearing to be newly made and never used: a book in mint condition.
–verb (used with object)
6. to make (coins, money, etc.) by stamping metal.
7. to turn (metal) into coins: to mint gold into sovereigns.
8. to make or fabricate; invent: to mint words.
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[Origin: bef. 900; ME mynt, OE mynet coin < L monéta coin, mint, after the temple of Juno Monéta, where Roman money was coined]
—Related forms
minter, noun
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