coinage
noun /ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ/
/ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ/
- [uncountable] the coins used in a particular place or at a particular time; coins of a particular type
- Roman coinage
- gold/silver/bronze coinage
- [uncountable] the system of money used in a particular country
- decimal coinage
- [countable, uncountable] a word or phrase that has been invented recently; the process of inventing a word or phrase
- new coinages
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French coigniage, from coignier ‘to mint’, from Latin cuneus ‘wedge’.