Found 2 items, similar to Coinage.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: coinage coinage n 1: coins collectively [syn: mintage, specie, metal money] 2: a newly invented word or phrase [syn: neologism, neology] 3: the act of inventing a word or phrase [syn: neologism, neology]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Coinage 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 time or place. [1913 Webster] 3. The cost or expense of coining money. [1913 Webster] 4. The act or process of fabricating or inventing; formation; fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged. “Unnecessary coinage . . . of words.” --Dryden. [1913 Webster] This is the very coinage of your brain. --Shak. [1913 Webster]