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coinage — coin‧age [ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ] noun [uncountable] 1. ECONOMICS the system of coins used in a country: • Britain did not use decimal coinage until 1971. ˌstandard ˈcoinage ECONOMICS a system where a coin s value is the same as the value of the metal it… … Financial and business terms
Coinage — may refer to: coins, standardized as currency neologism, coinage of a new word COINage, numismatics magazine Tin coinage, a tax on refined tin ancestry Coinage, a board game See also Coining (disambiguation) Coin (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Coinage — Coin age, n. [From {Coin}, v. t., cf. {Cuinage}.] 1. The act or process of converting metal into money. [1913 Webster] The care of the coinage was committed to the inferior magistrates. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Coins; the aggregate coin of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
coinage — [koin′ij] n. [ME < OFr coignaige] 1. the act or process of coining 2. metal money; coins 3. a system of money or metal currency 4. an invented word or expression [laser is a recent coinage] … English World dictionary
coinage — late 14c., currency, money, from O.Fr. coignage, from coignier to coin (see COIN (Cf. coin)). Meaning act or proces of coining money is from early 15c.; sense deliberate formation of a new word is from 1690s, from a general sense of something… … Etymology dictionary
coinage — coin, currency, cash, specie, legal tender, *money … New Dictionary of Synonyms
coinage — ► NOUN 1) coins collectively. 2) the action or process of producing coins. 3) a system or type of coins in use. 4) the invention of a new word or phrase. 5) a newly invented word or phrase … English terms dictionary
coinage — [[t]kɔ͟ɪnɪʤ[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Coinage is the coins which are used in a country. The city produced its own coinage from 1325 to 1864. ...the world s finest collection of medieval European coinage. 2) N UNCOUNT Coinage is the system of money used… … English dictionary
coinage — /koy nij/, n. 1. the act, process, or right of making coins. 2. the categories, types, or quantity of coins issued by a nation. 3. coins collectively; currency. 4. the act or process of inventing words; neologizing. 5. an invented or newly… … Universalium
coinage — coin|age [ˈkɔınıdʒ] n 1.) [U] the system or type of money used in a country ▪ the gold coinage of the Roman empire 2.) a word or phrase that has been recently invented ▪ The phrase glass ceiling is a fairly recent coinage. 3.) [U] the invention… … Dictionary of contemporary English
