coinage

noun

coin·​age ˈkȯi-nij 

1

: the act or process of coining

2

a

: coins

b

: something (such as a word) made up or invented

Synonyms of coinage

• invention
• innovation
• creation

Examples of coinage in a Sentence

The word “blog” is a recent coinage.

Coinage was scarce in the colonies.

an expert in Chinese coinage

Recent Examples on the Web

People have been called pedants since the early modern period—pedante is a fifteenth-century Italian coinage for a professional teacher of Latin literature and rhetoric—but have been acting pedantically for millennia. —Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026

Propagandi, in other words, isn’t just a clever coinage. —Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026

Her liberty cap bears stars and stripes, at once a symbol of our burgeoning Nation and a reference to early American coinage. —Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026

This book is a deeply scholarly, policy-relevant history of money, from the advent of coinage, paper currency, and bank money in ancient, medieval, and early modern times to the stablecoins and central bank digital currencies of today and tomorrow. —Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

coinage

noun

coin·​age ˈkȯi-nij 

1

: the act or process of coining

2

: coin entry 1 sense 2

3

: something (as a word) made up or invented