coinage

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1 [uncountableU]PEC the system or type of money used in a country 〔一國的〕貨幣制度；〔某種〕硬幣

the gold coinage of the Roman empire

羅馬帝國時代的金幣

2 [countableC]WORD, PHRASE, OR SENTENCE a word or phrase that has been recently invented 新造的詞匯[短語]

The phrase ‘glass ceiling’ is a fairly recent coinage.

（無形障礙）是新近創造的一個詞語。

3. WORD, PHRASE, OR SENTENCE[uncountableU] the invention of new words or phrases 新詞[短語]的創造

4. [uncountableU]PEC the making of coins 鑄幣，造幣

Examples from the Corpus

coinage• Aethelred's new coinage failed in the early 790s and no new coins were minted under Eardwulf.• Thus the importance of coinage for our understanding of the past diminishes, generally speaking, the more up to date we come.• And, even after the invention of coinage, many areas or cities did not use it.• The book deals with cultural changes that prompted coinages such as "yuppie."• Recent work on the silver coinage has revealed a complex system of which even Domesday contains little trace.• Their spontaneous coinages appear from as young as one-and-a-half to two years of age.• The second alternative is supported to some extent by the coinage.• The much more varied and extensive evidence for Charles's control of the coinage has important implications for both government and economy.• the coinage used in 16th century Italy• Otherwise dates did not appear on western coinage until the thirteenth century.

From Longman Business Dictionary

coinagecoin·age /ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ/ noun [uncountableU]

1ECONOMICS the system of coins used in a country

Britain did not use decimal coinage until 1971.

2money in the form of coins

substantial amounts of silver and gold coinage

3the making of coins

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