coinage

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ/

Noun

coinage

1. The process of coining money.
2. (uncountable) Coins taken collectively; currency.
3. (uncountable, lexicography) The creation of new words, neologizing.
4. (countable, lexicography) Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.
5. The process of creating something new.
   • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man

     The head will serve for my new coinage, and be an omen to all dutiful subjects of my future success.

Translations

• French: frappe (de la monnaie)
• German: Münzprägung
• Italian: conio
• Russian: чека́нка

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