coinage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: coinage	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for coinage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coinage n coins collectively [syn: coinage, mintage, specie, metal money] a newly invented word or phrase Synonym(s): neologism, neology, coinage the act of inventing a word or phrase Synonym(s): neologism, neology, coinage
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coinage \Coin"age\, n. [From {Coin}, v. t., cf. {Cuinage}.] 1. The act or process of converting metal into money. The care of the coinage was committed to the inferior magistrates. --Arbuthnot. 2. Coins; the aggregate coin of a time or place. 3. The cost or expense of coining money. 4. The act or process of fabricating or inventing; formation; fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged. [bd]Unnecessary coinage . . . of words.[b8] --Dryden. This is the very coinage of your brain. --Shak.