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coin·age
(koi′nĭj)n.
1. The right or process of making coins.
2.
a. Metal currency.
b. A system of metal currency.
3.
a. A new word or phrase.
b. The invention of new words.
4. Ancestry or social background: "Count Gengler was of common coinage, but in coming to America he took on a royal name" (Jimmy Breslin).
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coinage
(ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ)n
1. (Currencies) coins collectively
2. (Currencies) the act of striking coins
3. (Currencies) the currency of a country
4. the act of inventing something, esp a word or phrase
5. a newly invented word, phrase, usage, etc
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coin•age
(ˈkɔɪ nɪdʒ)n.
1. the act or process of making coins.
2. the types or amount of coins issued by a nation.
3. coins collectively.
4. the inventing of words.
5. an invented or created word or phrase: “Ecdysiast” is a coinage of H. L. Mencken.
6. anything invented or fabricated.
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coinage
A new word or expression.
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Noun | 1. | coinage - coins collectively currency - the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used coin - a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money |
2. | coinage - a newly invented word or phrase word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" portmanteau, portmanteau word, blend - a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"; "`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'"; "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau" | |
3. | coinage - the act of inventing a word or phrase invention - the act of inventing |
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Translations
ضَرْب أو سَكُّ عِمْلَةًعِمْلَةُ البِلاد
měnová soustavaražba
møntfodmøntsystem
pénzrendszerpénzverés
gjaldmiîilskerfinÿmyndun; nÿyrîasmíî
menová sústavarazenietvorenie
bulmapara sistemiuydurma
coinage
[ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ] N (= system) → moneda f, sistema m monetario; (= act) → acuñación f (fig) [of word] → invención fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
coinage
[ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ] n (= money) → monnaie f
(= word) → néologisme fcoin box n (British) (= phone box) → cabine f téléphonique (à pièces)
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coinage
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
coin
(koin) noun a piece of metal used as money. a handful of coins.
verb1. to make metal into (money). The new country soon started to coin its own money.
2. to invent (a word, phrase etc). The scientist coined a word for the new process.
ˈcoinage (-nidʒ) noun1. the process of coining.
2. the money (system) used in a country. Britain now uses decimal coinage.
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