mint

plural mints

1. A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
2. informalA vast sum of money; (by extension) a large amount of something.

   to make a mint

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   That house is worth a mint.

   It must have cost a mint to produce!

   Synonyms: bundle, pile, small fortune

3. figurativelyAny place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.

   A mint of phrases in his brain.

   c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]

present singular third person mints · participle present minting · participle past minted · past minted

1. transitiveTo reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.

   The Central Bank discontinued minting kopeks gradually. In 2012, the regulatory body stopped minting one-kopek and five-kopek coins. In 2018, the Central Bank stopped minting kopeks completely and now mints only ruble coins.

   2019 May 14, “Russia stops minting kopeks”, in Invest Foresight

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   For some time past the legal currency in the various Provinces has been insufficient for use. Formerly the two Provinces of Fuchien and Kuangtung minted some large, round copper coins of excellent workmanship that were said, by the people after they were put into circulation, to be convenient.

   1914, Wen Pin Wei, chapter IV, in The Currency Problem in China, Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 111

2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.

   Titles […] as may appeare to be easily minted

   a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC, page 24

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   China’s newly minted national parks don’t just safeguard famous keystone species such as Siberian tigers, giant pandas and Hainan gibbons. They are also designed to preserve the shrinking ecosystems that support such iconic wildlife, ranging from sweltering (tropical jungles in the southern province of Hainan to the chilly maple forests of northern Heilongjiang and Jilin Provinces bordering Siberia.

   2022 November 17, Paul Salopek, “A ‘Slow Storytelling’ Writing and Photography Workshop Boosts Conservation in China”, in National Geographic, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2022

3. transitivebusinessTo create a crypto token.

   Beeple’s collaged JPG was made, or “minted,” in February as a “nonfungible token,” or NFT.

   2021 March 11, Scott Reyburn, “JPG File Sells for $69 Million, as ‘NFT Mania’ Gathers Pace”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

1. abbreviationellipsisnot comparableEllipsis of mint condition: like new.

   Most of my collection is near mint, but these ones here are mint.

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   Trading card sales have taken off, too. The price of mint condition cards on StockX jumped to an average $775 in January from $280 a year ago.

   2021 March 13, Erin Griffith, “From Crypto Art to Trading Cards, Investment Manias Abound”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

2. not comparablehobbiesIn near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
3. not comparablehobbiesUnused with original gum; as issued originally.
4. GeordieNorthern Englandnot comparableslangespecially ManchesterVery good, excellent.

   And my God, what a house it was – it was mint! In all my life I had never set foot in such a beautiful place.

   2014, Holly Hagan, Not Quite a Geordie

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   “Everyone was having a beano, everyone was partying, the music was going, it was mint – as soon as England won we booked it.”

   2024 July 14, Rachel Hall, quoting Ashley Cullen, “‘I’ve never seen owt like it’: England fans in Benidorm in high spirits before Euro final”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

5. AustraliaIrelandNew ZealandUKnot comparableslangAttractive; beautiful; handsome.

plural mints

1. countableuncountableAny plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.

   Synonyms: mentha

2. countableuncountableThe flavoring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
3. countableuncountableA green color, like that of mint.
4. countableuncountableA mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.

1. not comparableOf a green color, like that of the mint plant.

present singular third person mints · participle present minting · participle past minted · past minted

1. Northern EnglandScotlandintransitiveprovincialTo try, attempt; take aim.
2. Northern EnglandScotlandtransitiveprovincialTo try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
3. ScotlandintransitiveTo hint; suggest; insinuate.

plural mints

1. Northern EnglandScotlandprovincialAn intent, a purpose; an attempt, a try; an effort, an endeavor.

1. abbreviationacronymeconomicsAcronym of Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey.