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coinage (n.)

late 14c., "currency, coined money," from Old French coignage, from coignier "to coin," from coing "piece of money: (see coin (n.)). Meaning "act or process of coining money" is from early 15c.; sense "deliberate formation of a new word" is from 1690s, from a general sense of "something invented" (c. 1600).

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Definitions of coinage from WordNet

coinage (n.)
coins collectively;
Synonyms: mintage / specie / metal money
coinage (n.)
a newly invented word or phrase;
Synonyms: neologism / neology
coinage (n.)
the act of inventing a word or phrase;
Synonyms: neologism / neology
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