legal tender money
1legal tender — *money, cash, currency, specie, coin, coinage …
2legal tender — n: money that is legally valid for the payment of debts and that must be accepted for that purpose when offered Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. legal tender …
3Legal tender — Tender Ten der, n. 1. (Law) An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the tender of rent due, or of the amount of …
4legal tender — ˌlegal ˈtender noun [uncountable] FINANCE coins and bank notes that are officially allowed to be used as money in a particular place: • These notes are no longer legal tender. * * * legal tender UK US noun [U] MONEY ► coins or bank notes that are …
5legal tender — Money that must be accepted in discharge of a debt. It may be limited legal tender, i.e. it must be accepted but only up to specified limits of payment; or unlimited legal tender, i.e. acceptable in settlement of debts of any amount. Bank of… …
6legal tender — Money that must be accepted in discharge of a debt. It may be limited legal tender, i. e. it must be accepted but only up to specified limits of payment; or unlimited legal tender, i. e. acceptable in settlement of debts of any amount. Bank of… …
7Legal tender — Legal Le gal (l[=e] gal), a. [L. legalis, fr. lex, legis, law; prob. orig., that which lies or is fixed (cf. L. lectus bed), and if so akin to E. lie, law: cf. F. l[ e]gal. Cf. {Lie} to be prostrate, {Loyal}, {Leal}.] 1. Created by, permitted by …
8legal tender — n [U] coins or bank notes that people can officially use as money in a particular country …
9legal tender — noun uncount the money that is officially used in a country …
10legal tender — n. money that may be legally offered in payment of an obligation and that a creditor must accept …
