coinage

noun

coin·​age ˈkȯi-nij 

1

: the act or process of coining

2

a

: coins

b

: something (such as a word) made up or invented

Synonyms of coinage

• invention
• innovation
• creation

Examples of coinage in a Sentence

The word “blog” is a recent coinage.

Coinage was scarce in the colonies.

an expert in Chinese coinage

Recent Examples on the Web

The author, a professor named Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, proved to have a knack not just for provocative legal essays but for coinages, too. —Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

People have been called pedants since the early modern period—pedante is a fifteenth-century Italian coinage for a professional teacher of Latin literature and rhetoric—but have been acting pedantically for millennia. —Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026

Propagandi, in other words, isn’t just a clever coinage. —Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026

Her liberty cap bears stars and stripes, at once a symbol of our burgeoning Nation and a reference to early American coinage. —Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

coinage

noun

coin·​age ˈkȯi-nij 

1

: the act or process of coining

2

: coin entry 1 sense 2

3

: something (as a word) made up or invented