Coinage - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ|
Brit.
|ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ|
noun
- coins collectively (syn: mintage, specie)
- a newly invented word or phrase (syn: neologism, neology)
- the act of inventing a word or phrase (syn: neologism, neology)
- a newly invented word or phrase (syn: neologism, neology)
- the act of inventing a word or phrase (syn: neologism, neology)
Extra examples
The word “blog” is a recent coinage.
Coinage was scarce in the colonies.
The phrase 'glass ceiling' is a fairly recent coinage.
...reactionary guardians of proper English usage invariably regard every new coinage that comes along as a nonword...
Word forms
noun
singular: coinage
plural: coinages
singular: coinage
plural: coinages
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