noun
- the act or process of coining money again or anew
- the creation of new words or phrases, or the giving of new meanings to existing words
Usage: technical; economics
Usage: linguistics
Examples
- The government announced several recoinages to update the currency design.
- Economic instability often leads to frequent recoinages of national currencies.
- The poet’s recoinages of familiar terms created fresh literary expressions.
- Linguistic recoinages help languages adapt to new technologies and concepts.
- The mint’s recoinages included updated security features to prevent counterfeiting.
- Shakespeare’s recoinages contributed many words still used in modern English.