Coinage Definition

koinĭj
noun
The act or process of coining.
Webster's New World
Metal money; coins.
Webster's New World
A system of money or metal currency.
Webster's New World
An invented word or expression.
“laser” is a recent coinage.
Webster's New World
The invention of new words.
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Other Word Forms of Coinage

Noun

Singular:
coinage
Plural:
coinages

Origin of Coinage

  • From Old French coignage, from coignier.

    From Wiktionary

Coinage Sentence Examples

  • The first national coinage was begun in 1822, and the decimal system was adopted in 1863.

  • At last that final expedient of weak governments, the debasing of the coinage, led to a crisis.

  • In the election of 1896 all the parties in the state declared in favour of the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.

  • Besides the ordinary shell money, there is a sort of stone coinage, consisting of huge calcite or limestone discs or wheels from 6 in.

  • It was among the towns that had the right of coinage, and it manufactured carts, baskets, &c. Cicero speaks of it as a place of some importance.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOI

Words Ending With

EGEAGE

Unscrambles

coinage

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CO & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With GE

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With C7 Letter Words Ending With E