Question 1 · Quick check
coinage
CEFRB2
/ˈkɔɪnɪd͡ʒ/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
The invention of a new word or phrase.
- 02
noun
Coins used as money.
Examples
I should really figure out the coinage in this country.
Most importantly perhaps, it is evident that the impression of archaicity which any reader will experience on reading The Lord of the Rings is partly due to three simple lexical causes: the “overuse” of words borrowed from nineteenth-century fiction (e.g. yon...
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsCoins taken collectively; currency.
The creation of new words, neologizing.
The process of coining money.
More examples
In contextThe Minoan age had not only an elaborate system of weights, but the first beginnings of a coinage.
Caution needs to be exercised in regards to claims of coinage as the data contained a number of examples of writers professing the invention of a term that had actually been in existence for many years.
My father was one of those persons who could add a column of figures - even of the ridiculous coinage then in use locally - with a flick of the eye, so that it was natural for him to have in mind that I should become an accountant.
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
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Origin
noun
Inherited from Middle English coynage, from Old French coignage, from coignier. By surface analysis, coin + -age.