legal tender

legal tender

noun

Definition of LEGAL TENDER

: money that is legally valid for the payment of debts and that must be accepted for that purpose when offered

Examples of LEGAL TENDER

1. Soon after France adopted the euro, the French franc ceased to be legal tender.
2. <coins and bills are considered legal tender, but postage stamps are not>

First Known Use of LEGAL TENDER

1739

Related to LEGAL TENDER

Synonyms: bread [slang], bucks, cabbage [slang], cash, change, chips, coin, currency, dough, gold, green, jack [slang], kale [slang], money, lolly [British], long green [slang], loot, lucre, moola (or moolah) [slang], needful, pelf, scratch [slang], shekels (also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim), tender, wampum

Related Words: coinage, specie; dead presidents [slang], folding money, paper money, scrip; banknote, cashier's check, check, draft, money order, note, promissory note; bill, dollar, greenback; bankroll, capital, finances, funds, roll [slang], wad, wallet; chump change, dibs [slang], dime, mite, peanuts, pittance, shoestring; big bucks, bomb [British], boodle, bundle, earth, fortune, king's ransom, megabucks, mint, packet [chiefly British], pile, pot; abundance, means, opulence, riches, treasure, wealth; resources, wherewithal; mad money, petty cash, pin money, pocket money, spending money

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