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mint
CEFRB2
/mɪnt/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A plant with fresh-smelling leaves used in food and drinks.
- 02
noun
A place where coins are made.
Examples
It costs more to mint a penny than the penny itself is worth.
What would you like after dinner? Coffee, tea, or mint water?
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 4
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsA vast sum of money; (by extension) a large amount of something.
Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
More examples
In contextIt must have cost a mint to produce!
That house is worth a mint.
to make a mint
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Origin
noun
From Middle English mynt, münet (“money, coin”), from Old English mynet (“coin”), from late Proto-West Germanic *munit, from Latin monēta (“place for making coins, coined money”), from the temple of Juno Moneta (named for Monēta mother of the Muses), where coins were made. Doublet of money and manat. The verb is from the noun; Old English mynetian (“to mint”) is a parallel formation.