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the coins used in a particular place or at a particular time; coins of a particular type （统称某地或某时期的）金属货币；（某种）硬币 Roman coinage 古罗马时期的硬币 gold/silver/bronze coinage 金币；银币；铜币
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the system of money used in a particular country （国家的）货币制度 decimal coinage 十进位货币制
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a word or phrase that has been invented recently; the process of inventing a word or phrase 新创的词语；新词语的创造 new coinages 新创的词语
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French coigniage, from coignier ‘to mint’, from Latin cuneus ‘wedge’.