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coinage

Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ/

Translate coinage | into Italian

Definition of coinage

noun

[mass noun]

1coins collectively:the volume of coinage in circulation
the action or process of producing coins from metal: the controller of the coinage of tin
[count noun] a system or type of coins in use:decimal coinage

2the invention of a new word or phrase:the word is of Derrida’s own coinage
[count noun] a newly invented word or phrase: the recent coinage ‘Eurointellectuals’