coinage
Meanings
noun
- The process of coining money.
- Coins taken collectively; currency.
- The creation of new words, neologizing.
- Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.
- The process of creating something new.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English coynage, from Old French coignage, from coignier. By surface analysis, coin + -age.
Derived words
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