Etymology: (bef. 900; OE mynet coin < L monēta coin, mint, after the temple of Juno Monēta, where Roman money was coined)
Definition of 'Mint'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
2. (noun)mint any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers
3. (noun)mint any member of the mint family of plants
4. (noun)mint the leaves of a mintplant used fresh or candied
5. (noun)mint, mint candy a candy that is flavored with a mint oil