coinage

[ koi-nij ]

noun

1. the act, process, or right of making coins.
2. the categories, types, or quantity of coins issued by a nation.
3. coins collectively; currency.
4. the act or process of inventing words; neologizing.
5. an invented or newly created word or phrase:

   “Ecdysiast” is a coinage of H. L. Mencken.

6. anything made, invented, or fabricated.

coinage

/ ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ /

noun

1. coins collectively
2. the act of striking coins
3. the currency of a country
4. the act of inventing something, esp a word or phrase
5. a newly invented word, phrase, usage, etc

Other Words From

• mis·coinage noun
• non·coinage noun
• re·coinage noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of coinage¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Middle French word coignaige. See coin, -age

Example Sentences

Some large plaques also pay tribute to historic events such as the last stagecoach robbery in Kern County in 1869, in which a gunman made off with $1,700 in coinage and gold bullion.

From Los Angeles Times

“Film noir” is a French coinage but France’s homegrown crime movies, a staple of the 1950s and early ’60s, seldom get their due in the United States, however first-rate they might be.

From New York Times

Merchants issued the coinage for local use, commissioning them from the Tower of London mint where the country's official coins were minted.

From BBC

"When we have enough foreign coinage, it is sent for conversion to Sterling for our funds," she said.

From BBC

Humor, in his work, is never far from horror — may indeed be the coinage of a horrified brain.

From Los Angeles Times