coinage

[koi-nij]

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noun

the act, process, or right of making coins.
the categories, types, or quantity of coins issued by a nation.
coins collectively; currency.

the act or process of inventing words; neologizing.
an invented or newly created word or phrase: “Ecdysiast” is a coinage of H. L. Mencken.
anything made, invented, or fabricated.

Origin of coinage

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Middle French word coignaige. See coin, -age

Related formsmis·coin·age, nounnon·coin·age, nounre·coin·age, noun

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Related Words for coinage

cash, change, silver

Examples from the Web for coinage

Contemporary Examples of coinage

Early on, I took to calling this doctrine belief in the “confidence fairy,” a coinage that seems to have stuck.
Paul Krugman: Austerity Is So Wrong!
Paul Krugman
May 6, 2012
Remember his coinage “Obamneycare,” which he used in debates starting last June?
Michael Tomasky on How Rick Santorum Nailed Mitt on Romneycare
Michael Tomasky
January 29, 2012
But I feel that were I to accept the award, it would ultimately debase the coinage of the medal.
A Prize Too Far
Christopher Buckley
October 10, 2009

Historical Examples of coinage

Now a mint was set up in Eden Vale, and the coinage underwent a reform.
Freeland
Theodor Hertzka
Then he has mines of silver and copper, and the King has given him the care of the coinage.
Two Penniless Princesses
Charlotte M. Yonge
It was, indeed, a realm where this coinage did not circulate.
Lord Kilgobbin
Charles Lever
There's many a coinage costlier than ever the mint fashioned; he may requite me thus.
Roland Cashel
Charles James Lever
The money, the coinage, perhaps, is the great reminder after all.
The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly
Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for coinage

coinage

noun

coins collectively
the act of striking coins
the currency of a country
the act of inventing something, esp a word or phrase
a newly invented word, phrase, usage, etc

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Word Origin and History for coinage

late 14c., "currency, money," from Old French coignage, from coignier "to coin" (see coin (n.)). Meaning "act or proces of coining money" is from early 15c.; sense "deliberate formation of a new word" is from 1690s, from a general sense of "something invented" (c.1600).