'Coinage' definitions:

Definition of 'coinage'

From: WordNet
noun
Coins collectively [syn: coinage, mintage, specie, metal money]
noun
A newly invented word or phrase [syn: neologism, neology, coinage]
noun
The act of inventing a word or phrase [syn: neologism, neology, coinage]

Definition of 'Coinage'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'coinage'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Coinage'