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coinage

Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɪnɪd͡ʒ/

The English word “coinage” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The process of coining money.
  2. Coins taken collectively; currency.
  3. The creation of new words, neologizing.
  4. Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.
  5. The process of creating something new.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English coynage, from Old French coignage, from coignier. By surface analysis, coin + -age.

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