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coin·age 
[koi-nij] Pronunciation Key
[koi-nij] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 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 created word or phrase: “Ecdysiast” is a coinage of H. L. Mencken. |
| 6. | anything made, invented, or fabricated. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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| coinage | |
noun | |
| 1. | coins collectively |
| 2. | a newly invented word or phrase [syn: neologism] |
| 3. | the act of inventing a word or phrase [syn: neologism] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Coinage
Coin"age\, n. [From Coin, v. t., cf. Cuinage.]1. The act or process of converting metal into money. The care of the coinage was committed to the inferior magistrates. --Arbuthnot. 2. Coins; the aggregate coin of a time or place. 3. The cost or expense of coining money. 4. The act or process of fabricating or inventing; formation; fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged. "Unnecessary coinage . . . of words." --Dryden. This is the very coinage of your brain. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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