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The word taka signifies any thing pressed or stamped_, anything on which an impression is made hence a coin_; and is derived from the Sanscrit root tak_, to press, to stamp, to coin: whence, tank_, a small coin; and tank-sala_, a mint; and (query) the English word token_, a piece of stamped metal given to communicants.

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  1. noun A place where the coins of a country are manufactured by authority of the government.
  2. noun A place or source of manufacture or invention.
  3. noun An abundant amount, especially of money.
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  • They're actually men's jeans from Lucky Brand -- I was wanting some so-called "boyfriend jeans" but I didn't want to spend a mint, which is what a lot of them cost.
  • She'd like to eat a sea-mint, and see whether it really stuck the mouth tight shut. —  Zombie Lover
  • The duke used the silver to start a mint, the vast profits from which enabled him to grow the city and build new fortification walls. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Also in mint, my buddy Shruti Rajagopalan makes her debut with an excellent article on Singur, "Reverse Robin Hood land reform." —  thecookscottage
  • By another clause in this treaty the Company was permitted to establish a mint, the visible sign in India of territorial sovereignty, and the first coin, still bearing the name of the Delhi emperor, was issued on the 19th of August 1757. —  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English mynet, coin, from Latin monēta; see money.
  2. Middle English minte, from Old English, from Germanic *minta, from Latin menta, possibly from Greek minthē.

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  1. from Middle English mint, mynt, menet, munet, from Anglo-Saxon mynet, mynit, mynyt (not *mynt), a coin, coin, coinage, money (cf. mynet-smiththe, a place for coinage, a mint), = OFries. menote, mente, monte, munte = Dutch munt = Middle Low German Low German munte, monte = Old High German muniza, muniz, Middle High German G. mϋnze, a place for coining money, a coin, = Icelandic mynt, mint, = Swedish mynt, a place for coining money, a coin, money, = Danish mynt, a coin, money, mönt, a place for coining money, = Old French moneie, monoie, French monnaie (later English money) = Provencal Spanish moneda = Portuguese moeda = Italian moneta, money, from Latin moneta, a place for coining money, money, coin, from Moneta, a surname of Juno, in whose temple at Rome money was coined, literally adviser, from moncre, warn, advise: see monish, monitor. Cf. money, a doublet of mint.
  2. from Middle English *minten, *mynten, from Anglo-Saxon mynetian (= Old Saxon munitōn = OFries. montia, muntia = D. Middle Low German munten = Old High German munizon, Middle High German G. münzen = Swedish mynta = Danish mynte), coin, from mynet, a coin: see mint, n.
  3. from Middle English minte, mynte, mente, from Anglo-Saxon minte = Middle Dutch, Dutch munt = Low German mynte, minte = Old High German minza, munsa, Middle High German G. minze, münze = Icelandic minta = Swedish mynta = Danish mynte (= French menthe, later Spanish Italian menta), from Latin menta, mentha, from Greek μίνθα, μίνθη, mint.
  4. from Middle English minten, mental, mynten, from Anglo-Saxon myntan, gemyntan, mean, intend, purpose, think, suppose, from munan (present man), think, consider, remember: see mine, mind.
 

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