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coinage Definition

coin·age (ko̵inij)

noun

  1. the act or process of coining
  2. metal money; coins
  3. a system of money or metal currency
  4. an invented word or expression laser is a recent coinage

Etymology: ME < OFr coignaige

coinage Synonyms

coinage

n.

  1. The process of making money

    coining, making coins, minting; see manufacturing, production 1.

  2. Metal money

    silver, cash, coins; see change 5.

coinage Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • silver: Silver was important in the King's financial strategy for Edward VI restored an English coinage of silver.
  • term: Proving there is nothing new under the sun today's coinage of the term is some 50 years after it was first used.

Converse of object

  • debase: Henry VIII had also debased the coinage in 1526 to compete with the great number of inferior foreign pieces in circulation.
  • mint: Local rulers all over Europe began minting gold coinage.
  • produce: From the day dies started being manufactured to produce milled coinage in England, mistakes were made.
  • issue: There the most intriguing item for me was the set of proofs of the never to be issued coinage of Edward VIII.
  • include: The Chapel had long been used as a secure store by the Exchequer and it contained many ancient relics, including old coinage dies.
  • use: Q. Can I use coinage from the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man?

Adjective modifier

  • pre-decimal: Your first call should be to the bank to change your money into pre-decimal coinage specially minted for the museum.
  • milled: From the day dies started being manufactured to produce milled coinage in England, mistakes were made.
  • decimal: Scotch salmon at Billingsgate was then fetching 2s 6d [ 15p in decimal coinage ] a pound wholesale.
  • token: The reasons for resorting to a token coinage was again due to a dearth in the circulating levels of regal copper coinage.
  • silver: Spare a thought and some silver coinage for them next time you see a collecting box or a flag day.
  • gold: Under George 111 the guinea was the basis of gold coinage.

Modifies a noun

  • duty: In 1838, the tin coinage duties were commuted.
  • system: The coinage system had put undue emphasis on metals.

Noun used with modifier

  • copper: Maybe you are stuck with a growing amount of copper coinage, that perhaps, you do not really know what to do with.
  • silver: In 1816 the silver coinage was replaced with new issues at a lower level of silver purity.
  • gold: From the death of Julius Caesar, gold coinage came to be an important part of the Roman coinage system.
  • word: They describe an English speaking ab initio student of German who exhibited an unusually strong tendency to use word coinage and lexical innovation.
coinage Quotes

Deathbed utterances, like suicide notes, are a powerful coinage, stamped byan awareness that words can outlive us.

—Plout, David