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coined
[koind]
adjective
(of a word, expression, etc.) invented or made up.
A coined word, such as Xerox, is one of the most easily protected categories of trademark.
relating to or being money made by stamping metal; minted.
Our government founders were determined that the coined value of our gold and silver money should correspond with the market value of the bullion contained.
(of metal) made into coinage by stamping.
The floor of the vault was buried in coined gold and silver that had burst from the sacks it was originally stored in.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of coin.
Other 51Թ Forms
- uncoined adjective
- well-coined adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of coined1
Example Sentences
The term was coined in the aftermath of the siege by Swedish criminologist and psychiatrist Nils Bejerot to explain the seemingly irrational affection some captives felt for their hostage-takers.
She coined the social media tag #JusticeforQueenie as the murder case went through the court system, as a platform to remember her mother and to talk about what had happened.
Some credit poor farmers using a clever substitute for meat while others think English pubs coined the name as a joke, mocking the Welsh for not affording real rabbit.
In fact its use appears to have skyrocketed in the past quarter-century, though it was coined in the journal Nature in 1964.
Paula Pant, writer and founder of the financial media company Afford Anything, coined the term “anti-budget” in 2013 when she offered a 80/20 money management plan she called “the easiest budget ever.”
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