coinage

[ koi-nij ]

noun

1. the act, process, or right of making coins.
2. the categories, types, or quantity of coins issued by a nation.
3. coins collectively; currency.
4. the act or process of inventing words; neologizing.
5. an invented or newly created word or phrase:

   “Ecdysiast” is a coinage of H. L. Mencken.

6. anything made, invented, or fabricated.

coinage

/ ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ /

noun

1. coins collectively
2. the act of striking coins
3. the currency of a country
4. the act of inventing something, esp a word or phrase
5. a newly invented word, phrase, usage, etc

Other Words From

• mis·coinage noun
• non·coinage noun
• re·coinage noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of coinage¹

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

Example Sentences

Magarian thinks the term is still useful, but at the time of its coinage, most of the new players were Americans.

From Washington Post

In all seriousness, however, this term became one of the most successful coinages of modern times.

From Time

The digital crowd’s vocabulary brims with whimsical coinages, many of which have migrated to the broader national conversation.

From Time

Here’s me developing the entire society and its economics and what coinage it’s using and numismatics.

From Vox

Now, more than a decade later, the coinage is gaining new, legal, heft.

From Ars Technica

Early on, I took to calling this doctrine belief in the “confidence fairy,” a coinage that seems to have stuck.

From The Daily Beast

Remember his coinage “Obamneycare,” which he used in debates starting last June?

From The Daily Beast

“Encounters” is the publisher's cool coinage for occasional pieces, complains Nancy Campbell in the TLS.

From The Daily Beast

But I feel that were I to accept the award, it would ultimately debase the coinage of the medal.

From The Daily Beast

The present bronze coinage came into use December 1st, 1860, and Messrs. Heaton have had several contracts therefor since then.

From Project Gutenberg

The last-named engine was intended for the coinage operations in the Mint at Lima.

From Project Gutenberg

This was done quite openly and the coinage was restored at the earliest opportunity.

From Project Gutenberg

If he had stayed away people might have thought that he was reading blue-books, or calculating coinage, or preparing a speech.

From Project Gutenberg

The Swiss army, postal system and finances were put under federal control and a national coinage was established.

From Project Gutenberg