late 14c., "currency, money," from Old French coignage, from coignier "to coin" (see coin (n.)). Meaning "act or process of coining money" is from early 15c.; sense "deliberate formation of a new word" is from 1690s, from a general sense of "something invented" (c. 1600).
双语例句
1. The city produced its own coinage from 1325 to 1864.
1325年到1864年间，这座城市曾铸造过自己的硬币。
来自柯林斯例句
2. On the outbreak of the First Revolutionary Civil War, the Government called in all gold coinage and replaced it by notes.
在第一次国内革命战争爆发的时候, 政府下令收回所有的金币,并代之以纸币.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. It took four years for Britain just to decimalise its own coinage.
英国花了4年时间才将其币制改为十进制。
来自辞典例句
4. These characteristics led to their being used for jewellery and eventually coinage.
这些特性使得它们能成为珍宝,最后用来作货币.
来自辞典例句
5. The silver coinage was repeatedly debased with copper vellon.
