Noun: coinage koy-nij
- Coins collectively
"The merchant insisted on payment in coinage rather than paper money";
- mintage, specie, metal money
- A newly invented word or phrase
"The tech industry is known for creating coinages";
- neologism, neology
- The act of inventing a word or phrase
"The author's coinage 'cyberspace' quickly entered common usage";
- neologism, neology
Derived forms: coinages
Type of: currency, invention, word
Encyclopedia: Coinage