noun
Meaning 1
The process of minting coins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
mintage
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: M IH1 N T AH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: M IH1 N T IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The batch of coins minted at one time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Coins collectively; specie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The fee paid to a mint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
act or process of minting coins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: trade, craft
noun
Meaning 6
fee paid to a mint by the government for minting a coin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fee
noun
Meaning 7
coins collectively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coinage, specie, metal money
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: currency
Narrower terms: coin
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin mentabor. Proto-West Germanic *mintā Old English minte Middle English mynte English mint Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English mintage From mint + -age.