coined

[koind]

adjective

1. (of a word, expression, etc.) invented or made up.

   A coined word, such as Xerox, is one of the most easily protected categories of trademark.

2. relating to or being money made by stamping metal; minted.

   Our government founders were determined that the coined value of our gold and silver money should correspond with the market value of the bullion contained.

3. (of metal) made into coinage by stamping.

   The floor of the vault was buried in coined gold and silver that had burst from the sacks it was originally stored in.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of coin.

Other Word Forms

• uncoined adjective
• well-coined adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of coined¹

coin ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

“Our audience is ragtag,” says Moninger, who first coined the “People’s Republic” term based on his love of obscure national anthems.

From Los Angeles Times

A new term, hyperscale, was coined by the tech industry to describe sites where the power requirement runs into tens of megawatts, before gigawatts, a thousand times bigger than megawatts, came on the scene.

From BBC

But student Ms Komba questions the old socialist slogan "one people, one nation", coined during the one-party Marxist-Leninist regime of the late 1970s.

From BBC

In it, Sexton coined the term that would become inseparable from the whole scheme.

From Los Angeles Times

Experts at Plymouth University's Marine Institute coined the term after observing starfish change their location in 2016.

From BBC