coinagenoun
uk/ˈkɔɪ.nɪdʒ/us/ˈkɔɪ.nɪdʒ/coinage noun (MONEY)
[ U ] a set of coins of different values used in a country's money system:
decimal coinage
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Currencies
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- cryptocurrency
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- denominate
- dinar
- dirham
- drachma
- faller
- franc
- guilder
- krona
- lira
- peseta
- rial
- traveller's cheque
- yuan
- zloty
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coinage noun (NEW WORD)
[ C or U ] (the inventing of) a new word or phrase in a language:
The expression "boy band" is a 1990s coinage.
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- archaism
- buzzword
- cognate
- corruption
- defining vocabulary
- denotation
- false friend
- homophone
- lexis
- loanword
- neologism
- nonsense word/syllable
- so-called
- technobabble
- term
- vocab
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