noun
coinage
Coinage (noun) means the making of coins.
noun
1
The making of coins.
2
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."
— John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids (1951)
"The Minoan age had not only an elaborate system of weights, but the first beginnings of a coinage."
— Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete (1907)
3
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."
— James Lambert, A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity (2018)
4
Something newly made or invented, especially a newly coined word.
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English coynage, from Old French coignage, from coignier; on the surface it can also be analysed as coin + -age.
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What is the meaning of coinage?
"coinage" (noun) means the making of coins.
What is another word for coinage?
Other words for "coinage" include specie, neology, mintage, neologism.
What are the different meanings of coinage?
"coinage" has 3 main meanings: 1. The making of coins; 2. Coins as a group; money in coin form; 3. The inventing of new words.
