(n.) A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.
(n.) 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.
(n.) That which serves for payment or recompense.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word.
(v. t.) To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
(v. i.) To manufacture counterfeit money.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tactile stimulation of a coin-sized area in a T-2 dermatome consistently triggered a lancinating pain in the ipsilateral C-8 dermatome in a 38-year-old woman.
(2) Heads you 'own it' Ian Read, the Scottish-born accountant who runs the biggest drug firm in the US carries in his pocket a special gold coin, about the size and weight of a £2 piece.
(3) as well as nauseatingly hipster titbits – "They came up with the perfect theme (and coined a new term!
(4) There are no cases Money could uncover of people convicted for slipping a dodgy £1 into a vending machine or palming one off to their newsagent, but criminal gangs have been jailed for manufacturing fake coins.
(5) These include 250 pieces of Greek and Roman pottery and sculpture, and 1,500 Greek and Ottoman gold, silver and bronze coins.
(6) The #putyourwalletsout phrase was coined by Sydney-based Twitter user Steve Lopez, who accompanied it with a photo of his wallet.
(7) For Bond fans, this is the best Christmas present – the return of James Bond and classic elements of the series with yet another classic title coined by Ian Fleming,” said Ajay Chowdhury of the James Bond International Fan Club .
(8) A 49-year-old man was operated for coin lesion detected on routine chest X-ray.
(9) Lavoisier subsequently coined the word "oxy-gène."
(10) Soon my pillowcases bore rusty coins of nasal drippage.
(11) The chest X-ray film revealed a coin lesion in the right upper lung field (S1), the same segment as the previous pneumonia.
(12) If the eye shielding block cannot be placed at the optimal shielding point, a simple coin placed on the eye lid surface will also reduce the lens dose substantially when a regular eye shielding block is placed on the blocking tray (Lin's coin effect).
(13) Her companion, a man in his fifties, also refused to give his name to the “Lugen Presse” (liar press, a term coined by the Nazis and frequently chanted at Pegida events), but is quick to add: “We’ve nothing against helping foreigners in need, like those poor people in Syria, but we should be helping them in their own country, not bringing them over here.” The demonstrations feel like an invitation for anyone to voice any grievance.
(14) In 1761, while still an apprentice surgeon, he made his discovery of the unique and bizarre cause--compression of the oesophagus by an aberrant right subclavian artery--of a fatal case of 'obstructed deglutition' for which he coined the term 'dysphagia lusoria' and for which he is eponymously remembered.
(15) A 58-year-old woman was referred to the Fukuoka University Hospital because a coin lesion approximately 5 cm in diameter was detected in the right lower lobe of the lung by routine roentgenographic examination.
(16) Kettering didn't let the matter lie - after all, clubs like Bayern Munich had been coining it in on the continent for years - and so, with Derby and Bolton, they put forward a proposal to the FA regarding shirt sponsorship.
(17) Rodgers' team took the lead from their first corner when Suárez – pelted with coins from the away section that he handed to referee Martin Atkinson – swept to the near post.
(18) In the Russian gallery, for example, the courageous Vadim Zakharov presents a pointed version of the Danaë myth in which an insouciant dictator (of whom it is hard not to think: Putin) sits on a high beam on a saddle, shelling nuts all day while gold coins rain down from a vast shower-head only to be hoisted in buckets by faceless thuggish men in suits.
(19) Bronchial cysts usually occur centrally near the mediastinum, but may present as a peripheral "coin" lesion requiring distinction from other causes of coin lesions of the lung.
(20) Using a small silicon microchip in a USB, a 'lab on a chip' as it has been coined, DNA data can be analysed within minutes and outside a laboratory.
Zwanziger
Definition:
(n.) An Austrian silver coin equivalent to 20 kreutzers, or about 10 cents.
Example Sentences:
(1) Executive committee member Theo Zwanziger said: "Ultimately what we need are clear rules and steps that will build trust and ensure that the situation, which is unacceptable at the moment, improves in a sustainable manner."
(2) The Qatar Football Association filed a lawsuit over the comment claiming it showed collective disrespect and Zwanziger should be banned from repeating it.
(3) Qatar’s FA said the remark by Zwanziger showed collective disrespect and was slanderous and he should not be allowed to repeat it, according to the court statement.
(4) With respect to the sporting, financial and political importance of a football World Cup host, the purpose for the comment, which was about drawing attention to the critical working process and decision of Fifa , is set higher than the honour of the Qatar Football Association.” Zwanziger has said he was not referring to the Qatari people with his comment.
(5) But Düsseldorf’s regional court ruled that while the comment was indeed offensive, Zwanziger was not obliged under German law to change his wording or be blocked from repeating it.
(6) The 70-year-old, who captained West Germany to World Cup victory on home soil in 1974 before leading them to the trophy as the manager in 1990, was named alongside the former German football association presidents Wolfgang Niersbach and Theo Zwanziger, and the DFB’s former general secretary Horst Rudolf Schmidt by Switzerland’s attorney general.
(7) A Frankfurt prosecutor is also formally investigating Zwanziger and other former football officials for suspected tax fraud in relation to a payment to Fifa ahead of to the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
(8) There is also no suggestion Niersbach, Zwanziger or Schmidt knew of or were involved in any alleged bribery.
(9) Fifa, where Zwanziger was an executive committee member, faced the biggest crisis in its history last year with several investigations leading to dozens of individuals being arrested on corruption charges.
(10) Theo Zwanziger, the chairman of Germany's federation, called for an inquiry into the process that led to Qatar winning the right to host the 2022 World Cup.
(11) There were no immediate statements directly from Qatar or Zwanziger.
(12) A Frankfurt prosecutor is also formally investigating Zwanziger and two other former football officials for alleged tax fraud in relation to a payment to Fifa over the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
(13) Zwanziger has welcomed the investigation , saying: “I don’t have any worries in that matter.
(14) The document formulated by Zwanziger’s lawyer states that Beckenbauer wrote an IOU to Louis-Dreyfus stating that Louis-Dreyfus had personally lent him the money.
(15) Zwanziger, who headed the DFB until 2012, was asked in a television interview last year whether the decision to let Qatar host the 2022 World Cup should be reviewed after corruption allegations hit the world governing body Fifa.
(16) Last week, appearing before EU officials, Theo Zwanziger, a senior Fifa executive who has publicly criticised the decision to award the tournament to Qatar, pledged that his organisation would be carrying out "on-the-spot visits" to ensure that workers' rights were being respected.
(17) Bild had reported that the homes of the DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach and of the former president Theo Zwanziger had been raided.
(18) If you read the ethics rules, there will come a point where you can ask questions,” Zwanziger said in São Paulo.
(19) In typical fashion, Blatter has told each audience what they want to hear – he has travelled to the Gulf to reassure and offer warm words, while employing the Fifa executive committee member Theo Zwanziger to talk tough and engage with the ITUC.
(20) The former German Football Association president Theo Zwanziger is free to repeat his claim that “Qatar is a cancer on world football”, a German court ruled on Tuesday.