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noncoinage

noncoinage adjective: not being or relating to coinage.

Adjective

noncoinage (not comparable)

  1. Not being or relating to coinage.
    • In the 3 years, 1961–63, overall consumption of silver in this country for noncoinage purposes remained relatively constant, before increasing by about 12 percent in 1964.1965, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Mines and Mining, Silver: Production and Availability: Hearings, page 82

Origin of noncoinage

From non- + coinage.

Questions about noncoinage

What does noncoinage mean?
Noncoinage means not being or relating to coinage.
What part of speech is noncoinage?
Noncoinage is an adjective.

Words near noncoinage in the dictionary

  1. noncoherent
  2. noncoherently
  3. noncohesion
  4. noncohesive
  5. noncoiled
  6. noncoinage
  7. noncoincidence
  8. noncoincidences
  9. noncoincident
  10. noncoincidental
  11. noncoincidentally

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