mintage

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noun

The process of minting coins.

Similar
coinagespeciemetal money
OriginEnglish mint ← Middle English mynte ← Old English minte →
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Meanings

nounmintage (countable and uncountable, plural mintages)

plural mintages

  1. countableuncountableThe process of minting coins.
  2. countableuncountableThe batch of coins minted at one time.
  3. countableuncountableCoins collectively; specie.
  4. countableuncountableThe fee paid to a mint.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncoins collectively

Similar
coinagespeciemetal money
Broader
currency
Also see
coinagespecie

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinmenta
  2. Proto-West Germanic*mintā
  3. Old Englishminte
  4. Middle Englishmynte
  5. Englishmint
  6. Englishmintage

From mint + -age.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

teaming
Cite this entry
APA

mintage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mintage

MLA

“mintage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mintage. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mintage,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mintage.

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