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.
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The care of the coinage was committed to the
inferior magistrates. --Arbuthnot.
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2. Coins; the aggregate coin of a time or place.
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3. The cost or expense of coining money.
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4. The act or process of fabricating or inventing; formation;
fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged.
“Unnecessary coinage . . . of words.” --Dryden.
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This is the very coinage of your brain. --Shak.
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