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guinea

noun

/ˈɡɪni/

Meaning

A former British gold coin; also refers to Guinea, a country in West Africa

The antique coin was worth one guinea.

coin, currency, token

paper money

one guinea, half guinea, gold guinea

A hillside or slope, especially in Scotland.

The process of storing carbon in a carbon pool.

The branch of physics dealing with light and vision.

a person holding religious beliefs other than the main world religions; a heathen

a fee paid in advance to secure someone's services, or a device that holds something in place

a person who carries out a formal inquiry or investigation