coin money

Idioms and Phrases

Also, mint money . Make a great deal of money easily or very quickly. For example, With a monopoly on the market he could coin money , or These highly motivated realtors just about enable the agency to mint money . This hyperbolic expression dates from the mid-1800s.

Example Sentences

As Apple began to coin money, its stock price soared to the point that it was way too high to be added to the Dow.

From Washington Post

Establishing “post offices and post roads” is one of the powers of Congress explicitly enumerated in the Constitution, right up there with the power to tax and borrow, declare war, coin money, establish federal courts and issue patents and copyrights.

From Los Angeles Times

Elected government should have power to coin money not private institutions.

From New York Times

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

From Salon

No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

From Salon