Word of the Day & Vocabulary logo

coinage

/ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ/noun

The coins of a country considered as a group; money in coin form.

Example sentences

  • “The museum displays Roman coinage found near the old fort.”
  • “Britain switched to decimal coinage in 1971.”

Also names newly invented words themselves: 'blog' was a coinage of the late 1990s.

Synonyms for coinage

  • coins

Related words