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Meaning of "legal tender" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEGAL TENDER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEGAL TENDER

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Legal tender is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEGAL TENDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Legal tender

Legal tender is a medium of payment allowed by law or recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting a financial obligation. Paper currency and coins are common forms of legal tender in many countries. Legal tender is variously defined in different jurisdictions. Formally, it is anything which when offered in payment extinguishes the debt. Thus, personal cheques, credit cards, debit cards, and similar non-cash methods of payment are not usually legal tender. The law does not relieve the debt obligation until payment is tendered. Coins and banknotes are usually defined as legal tender. Some jurisdictions may forbid or restrict payment made other than by legal tender. For example, such a law might outlaw the use of foreign coins and bank notes or require a license to perform financial transactions in a foreign currency. In some jurisdictions legal tender can be refused as payment if no debt exists prior to the time of payment. For example vending machines and transport staff do not have to accept the largest denomination of banknote. Shopkeepers may reject large banknotes: this is covered by the legal concept known as invitation to treat.

Definition of legal tender in the English dictionary

The definition of legal tender in the dictionary is currency in specified denominations that a creditor must by law accept in redemption of a debt.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEGAL TENDER

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legal opinion
legal positivism
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legal representation
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legalese

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEGAL TENDER

Alexander
bartender
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calender
defender
entender
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fender
gender
lavender
lender
offender
pretender
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sender
slender
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tender
transgender
vender

Synonyms and antonyms of legal tender in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LEGAL TENDER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «legal tender» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of legal tender

Translation of «legal tender» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEGAL TENDER

Find out the translation of legal tender to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of legal tender from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «legal tender» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

法定货币
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

moneda de curso legal
570 millions of speakers

English

legal tender
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कानूनी निविदा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عملة قانونية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

законным платежным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

curso legal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আইন স্বীকৃত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

légal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

sah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gesetzliches Zahlungs
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

法定通貨
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

법화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tender legal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đấu thầu hợp pháp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சட்டப்பூர்வ ஏலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कायदेशीर निविदा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yasal teklif
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corso legale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prawnym środkiem płatniczym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

законним платіжним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mijloc legal de plată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νόμιμο χρήμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wettige betaalmiddel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lagliga betalningsmedel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tvungent betalingsmiddel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of legal tender

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGAL TENDER»

The term «legal tender» is regularly used and occupies the 85.313 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGAL TENDER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «legal tender» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «legal tender» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about legal tender

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEGAL TENDER»

Discover the use of legal tender in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to legal tender and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Legal Tender: True Tales of a Brothel Madam
In Legal Tender, she provides a firsthand look behind the scenes at a renowned legal house of prostitution.
Laraine Russo Harper, 2008
2
Legal Tender: Love and Legitimacy in the East German ...
Through close readings of a diverse selection of films and novels from the former GDR, Urang offers an eye-opening account of the ideological stakes of love stories in East German culture.
John Griffith Urang, 2010
3
Money: Understanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender
Money will set your mental gears spinning with fantastic ideas. This book explains the mysteries and realities of money in clear and accessible prose, and reveals the true workings, and alarming fragility, of our existing financial system.
Thomas Greco, 2001
4
Legal Tender
Bennie Rosato is a maverick lawyer, and business at her law firm has never been better.
Lisa Scottoline, 2009
5
Legal Tender a Study in English and American Monetary History
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
S. P. Breckinridge, 2009
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A Legal History of Money: In the United States 1774-1970
status for its notes, but under its urging legislatures in the rebelling colonies did so.36 This early resort to positive penalties on those who would not honor the legal-tender quality of government paper proved to set no continuing precedent.
James Willard Hurst, 2001
7
Silver Free Coinage and the Legal Tender Decisions
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Christopher Gustavus Tiedeman, 2010
8
Legal Tender
Love stories. Contemporary fiction. Pleased Note this is a Gay fiction title.
Andrew Grey, 2012
9
Money and Legal Tender in the United States
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
H. R. Linderman, 2009
10
Nomisma; Or, Legal Tender
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Henri Cernuschi, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEGAL TENDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term legal tender is used in the context of the following news items.
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Devastating Trends in “Economic Growth” | Live Trading News
Its primary value lies in the willingness of people to accept it and, to that end, legal tender laws require them to do so. It is true that our money is ... «Live Trading News, Jul 15»
2
IPL GC Meeting: Confusion rages over fate of teams - Cricbuzz
... being considered is to 'loan' the players from CSK and RR to the two new franchises.(invited through legal tender) for a period of two years. «Cricbuzz, Jul 15»
3
Gypsum's Rittenhouse opens with a great menu, greater mission …
In a few hours, they're hungry or tired, and need legal tender. They sometimes do something illegal to get it. They need a couple marketable ... «Vail Daily News, Jul 15»
4
150 YEARS AGO: Exchange National Bank application approved for …
It circulated alongside “greenbacks,” U.S. Treasury notes that were declared legal tender by an act of Congress and notes issued by hundreds ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
5
The Gold and Silver Mine: High price of old bills make modern paper …
Silver certificates, blue seal, were backed in silver until 1968. United States notes (legal tender notes), red seal, were deemed legal tender by ... «Shore News Today, Jul 15»
6
On Bitcoin: Voices from the cutting edge
"Legal tender" actually means something in terms of settling debts, plus governments are loathe to take monetary policy out of their domestic ... «Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Jul 15»
7
Unemployment: 'Youth should change mindset' - New Vision
The bottom line is that what you need is money and any money earned is simply legal tender. They do not write on such money where you ... «New Vision, Jul 15»
8
Texas sets its own gold-backed bank - English pravda.ru
While other states have in recent years passed legislation declaring gold and silver to be legal tender, analysts say Texas' new depository ... «Pravda, Jul 15»
9
EU Court Rules Against VAT for Bitcoin Exchanges
The conversion of a pure means of payment in legal tender and the reverse exchange, for each compensation is payable, which reckons the ... «CryptoCoinsNews, Jul 15»
10
Texas Launches Gold-backed Bank, Challenging Federal Reserve
While other states have in recent years passed legislation declaring gold and silver to be legal tender, analysts say Texas' new depository ... «The New American, Jul 15»

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