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coinage in Portuguese

coinage in Portuguese is cunhagem — coinage means the making of coins.

coinage in Portuguese

cunhagem
noun
The process of coining money.

What does "coinage" mean?

  1. noun The making of coins.
  2. noun Coins as a group; money in coin form.
    "My father was one of those persons who could add a column of figures - even of the ridiculous coinage then in use locally - with a flick of the eye, so that it was natural for him to have in mind that I should become an accountant."
  3. noun The inventing of new words.
    "Caution needs to be exercised in regards to claims of coinage as the data contained a number of examples of writers professing the invention of a term that had actually been in existence for many years."
  4. noun Something newly made or invented, especially a newly coined word.
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coinage in a sentence

  • My father was one of those persons who could add a column of figures - even of the ridiculous coinage then in use locally - with a flick of the eye, so that it was natural for him to have in mind that I should become an accountant.
  • The Minoan age had not only an elaborate system of weights, but the first beginnings of a coinage.
  • Caution needs to be exercised in regards to claims of coinage as the data contained a number of examples of writers professing the invention of a term that had actually been in existence for many years.

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What is "coinage" in Portuguese?
"coinage" in Portuguese is cunhagem. coinage means: The making of coins.
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