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Moneymaking operation
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minting
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act by which money is minted. vb. (present participle of mint English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mint \Mint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Minting .] [AS. mynetian.] To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion. Titles . . . of such natures as may be easily minted. ...
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Minting (1883–1909) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire . In a career that lasted from 1885 to 1888 he ran twelve times and won nine races. He was the leading British two-year-old of 1885 and went on to win the Grand Prix de Paris in June 1886. ...
Usage examples of minting.
I have need of different miracles today such as more iron for my army and silver for minting coin.
Here we, interestingly enough, not only find writers of singular power who were completely unknown ten years ago, but also a number of names well-known in sf who are experimenting with new forms, minting the sf coinage of the next decade as it were.
The reason for this might be traced down to the pulps, which at this time were shaping the science fiction genre, minting, as it were, its own coinage which was negotiable only within the field.
The Tokugawa shogunate claimed a monopoly on the minting of coins—my family lost its chief source of revenue.
Every other kingdom makes minting a state monopoly because seigniorage—the difference between the intrinsic metal value of a coin and its monetary value—is a profit that accrues to the state.
Whether or not the Church of Elish restored its reputation through this second celebration, it was quite clear that they were going to be minting money.
The grocer weighed them out by stacks in a common scale, sorted by their mintings, and he drew corks and poured measures round in small tin cups whereon the gills were stamped.