coinage

noun

coin·​age ˈkȯi-nij How to pronounce coinage (audio)
1
: the act or process of coining
2
a
: coins
b
: something (such as a word) made up or invented

Examples of coinage in a Sentence

The word “blog” is a recent coinage. Coinage was scarce in the colonies. an expert in Chinese coinage
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The bottom line is, printing paper money or minting token coinage is easy profitable technology, but you are just not allowed to do it; that is the direction of travel at present. Clem Chambers, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 The buyers, a group that included coinage expert Mitch Spivack, resold it for $516,000 five days later. Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024 In Palmyra, local authorities fostered a distinct identity by issuing bilingual coinage and insisting that civic inscriptions on buildings be written in Greek as well as Palmyrene Aramaic. Peter Frankopan, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2019 Five thousand years ago, elaborate systems arose to enable early agrarian societies to buy and sell goods and services on credit, since coinage had not been invented. Harris Irfan, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2015 See all Example Sentences for coinage 

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of coinage was in the 14th century

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“Coinage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coinage. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

coinage

noun
coin·​age ˈkȯi-nij How to pronounce coinage (audio)
1
: the act or process of coining
2
3
: something (as a word) made up or invented

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