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   mint

   /mɪnt/

   noun

   • 1. a place where money is coined, especially under state authority: "die links between coins indicate that they were made at the same mint" Similar coinage factorymoney factorycoining worksrare:coinery
   • ▪ a large sum of money: "the curtains had cost a mint" Similar a fortunea vast sum of moneymillionsbillionsa king's ransominformal:a small fortunepots of moneystacks of moneyheaps of moneya tidy suma bundlea wada pilea bomba packetloadsamoneyshedloadsbig bucksbig moneygazillionsbig bickiesmotsermotza

   adjective

   • 1. (of an object) in pristine condition; as new: "a pair of speakers, mint, £160"
   • ▪ very good: "there was Dean, looking really mint in his new jacket"

   verb

   • 1. make (a coin) by stamping metal: "only coins of a relatively high denomination were minted" Similar coinstampstamp outstrikecastpunchdieforgemakemanufactureproduce
   • ▪ produce for the first time: "an example of newly minted technology" Similar createinventmake upthink updream uphatchdeviseframeoriginatecome up withfabricatefashionproduce

   Word Origin Old Englishmynet ‘coin’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch munt and German Münze, from Latin moneta ‘money’. The adjective derives from an elliptical use of in mint condition.

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