legal tender

英 [ˌliːɡl ˈtendə(r)]

美 [ˌliːɡl ˈtendər]

n.  法定货币

经济

牛津词典

noun

• 法定货币
  money that can be legally used to pay for things in a particular country

柯林斯词典

• 法定货币
  Legal tenderis money, especially a particular coin or banknote, which is officially part of a country's currency at a particular time.

英英释义

noun

• something that can be used as an official medium of payment
  Synonym:tenderstamp

双语例句

• Are copper coins legal tender for a sum in excess of 10 pounds?
  超过十镑的数目可以用铜币作为法定货币来偿付吗？
• Checks serve as money, although they are not legal tender, because they can be collected quickly and cheaply through the banking system.
  尽管支票不是法定货币，但可以作为货币使用，因为它可以通过银行系统较快捷、费用较低地来托收。
• The most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender.
  最常用的交换媒质；发挥法定货币功能的货币。
• Moreover, the small, vulnerable economy has suffered because the Turkish lira is legal tender.
  此外，由于土耳其里拉是合法的货币，其弱小而敏感的经济很容易受到影响。
• But now, in addition to gold, credit extended by the Federal Reserve banks(" paper reserves") could serve as legal tender to pay depositors.
  但是现在，除了黄金以外，联邦储备银行用纸币（“票据储备”）来合法地支付给存款人，并以此进行信用扩张。
• Ending something ( e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country.
  终止金或银等作为一个国家法定货币的行为。
• The rupee is also accepted as legal tender in the country.
  该国也接受卢比为合法的货币。
• A check is not legal tender.
  支票不是法定清偿。
• Money that the government declares to be legal tender although it cannot be converted into standard specie.
  即使不能转换成标准硬币但由政府宣布为法币的钱币。
• The only legal tender for the settlement of a debt in Scotland is coins from the Royal Mint.
  在苏格兰，唯一可用以清偿债务的法定货币是英国皇家铸币局（royalmint）发行的硬币。