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legal tender Definition

legal tender

noun

money that may be legally offered in payment of an obligation and that a creditor must accept

legal tender Law Definition

n

A nation’s official monetary bills and coinage.
legal tender Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: The Euro became legal tender in these countries on 1st January 2002.

Adjective modifier

  • sole: The country introduced its own currency, the Lat, in 1993: this is now the sole legal tender.

Preposition: in

  • country: The Euro became legal tender in these countries on 1st January 2002.