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Definitions for: Coinage
[n] the act of inventing a word or phrase
[n] a newly invented word or phrase
[n] coins collectively
Webster (1913) Definition: Coin"age, n. [From Coin, v. t., cf. Cuinage.]
1. The act or process of converting metal into money.
The care of the coinage was committed to the
inferior magistrates. --Arbuthnot.
2. Coins; the aggregate coin of a time or place.
3. The cost or expense of coining money.
4. The act or process of fabricating or inventing; formation;
fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged.
``Unnecessary coinage . . . of words.'' --Dryden.
This is the very coinage of your brain. --Shak.
Synonyms: metal money, mintage, neologism, neologism, neology, neology, specie
See Also: coin, currency, invention, word
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