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1coin Listen to audio/ˈkoɪn/ noun
plural coins
[count] : a small, flat, and usually round piece of metal issued by a government as money
gold/silver/copper coins I have a dollar in coins.
the other/opposite/flip side of the coin
: a different way of looking at or thinking about a situation
The economy is improving, but the other side of the coin is that inflation is becoming a bigger problem.
toss/flip a coin
: to decide something by throwing a coin up in the air and seeing which side is shown after it lands
Let's toss a coin. Heads, we don't go; tails, we do.
two sides of the same coin
: two things that are regarded as two parts of the same thing
These problems may seem unrelated but they are really two sides of the same coin.

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