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   coinage

   /ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. coins collectively: "the volume of coinage in circulation"
   • ▪ the action or process of producing coins from metal: "the controller of the coinage of tin"
   • ▪ a system or type of coins in use: "decimal coinage"
   • 2. the invention of a new word or phrase: "the word is of Derrida's own coinage"
   • ▪ a newly invented word or phrase: "the recent coinage “Eurointellectuals’”"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French coigniage, from coignier ‘to mint’ (see coin).

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