coinage: Meaning and Definition of
coin•age
Pronunciation: (koi'nij), [key] — n.
- the act, process, or right of making coins.
- the categories, types, or quantity of coins issued by a nation.
- coins collectively; currency.
- the act or process of inventing words; neologizing.
- an invented or newly created word or phrase: “Ecdysiast” is a coinage of H. L. Mencken.
- anything made, invented, or fabricated.
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