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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
coinage
 
SYLLABICATION:coin·age
PRONUNCIATION:  koinj
NOUN:1. The right or process of making coins. 2a. Metal currency. b. A system of metal currency. 3a. A new word or phrase. b. The invention of new words. 4. Ancestry or social background: “Count Gengler was of common coinage, but in coming to America he took on a royal name” (Jimmy Breslin).
 
 
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