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Definition 2024

legal_tender

legal tender

English

Noun

legal tender ‎(plural legal tenders)

(law) Any form of currency that by law cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt equal to the amount offered.

Translations

currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt

Arabic:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 法定貨幣 (zh), 法定货币 (zh) ‎(fǎdìng huòbì), 法幣 (zh), 法币 (zh) ‎(fǎbì), 法償貨幣, 法偿货币 ‎(fǎcháng huòbì)
Finnish: laillinen maksuväline (fi)
French: monnaie légale f
German: gesetzliches Zahlungsmittel n
Hindi:
Irish: dlíthairiscint f

Italian: valuta legale f
Japanese: 法定通貨 ‎(ほうていつうか, hōtei tsūka), 法貨 ‎(ほうか, hōka)
Korean: 법화 ‎(beophwa), 법정통화 (ko) ‎(beopjeongtonghwa)
Polish: środek płatniczy
Russian: зако́нное платёжное сре́дство n ‎(zakónnoje platjóžnoje srédstvo)
Spanish: moneda legal f, moneda de curso legal f
Swedish: lagligt betalningsmedel n
Welsh: arian cyfreithlon m