coinage

From Middle English coignage, from Old French coignage, from coignier.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ/

coinage (countable and uncountable, plural coinages)

1. The process of coining money.
2. (uncountable) Coins taken collectively; currency.
3. (uncountable, lexicography) The creation of new words, neologizing.
4. (countable, lexicography) Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.
5. The process of creating something new.
   • Shelley, Mary, Template:The Last Man

     The head will serve for my new coinage, and be an omen to all dutiful subjects of my future success.

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