coinage

coin·age

noun \ˈkȯi-nij\

Definition of COINAGE

1

: the act or process of coining

2

a : coins b : something (as a word) made up or invented

Examples of COINAGE

1. The word “blog” is a recent coinage.
2. Coinage was scarce in the colonies.
3. an expert in Chinese coinage

First Known Use of COINAGE

14th century

Related to COINAGE

Synonyms: brainchild, invention, concoction, contrivance, creation, innovation, wrinkle

Related Words: contraption, device, gadget, gizmo (also gismo), novelty; design, product, work; dream, fantasy (also phantasy), picture, vision; conception, imagining, origination

Near Antonyms: carbon copy, clone, copy, dupe, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, imitation, reduplication, replica, replication, reproduction

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