mint
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
Other meanings
A vast sum of money; a large amount of something.
“That house is worth a mint.”
Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
Synonyms
- batch
- deal
- flock
- good deal
- heap
- lot
Related words
- mintage
- minted
- mintmark
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "mynet" (coin).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “mint” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.