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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.

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RELATED WORDS

cash, change, silver

Nearby words

  1. coin money,
  2. coin of the realm,
  3. coin silver,
  4. coin-op,
  5. coin-operated,
  6. coinage bronze,
  7. coincide,
  8. coincidence,
  9. coincident,
  10. coincident indicator

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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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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for coinage

coinage

n.

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).

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