legal tender
英 [ˌliːɡl ˈtendə(r)]
美 [ˌliːɡl ˈtendər]
n.  法定货币
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
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 rupee is also accepted as legal tender in the country.
 该国也接受卢比为合法的货币。
- Horita: I understand that Bank of England notes have been legal tender in Britain since the early part of the19th century.
 堀田:据我所知,从19世纪初叶,英格兰银行发行的纸币就已经成为英国的法币了。
- 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。
- Tencent's messaging system is used by an estimated two-thirds of Chinese internet users and its QQ Coins have been accepted as payment by other companies as well as sold for legal tender.
 目前约有三分之二的中国互联网用户使用腾讯的即时消息系统。该公司出售的Q币已被其它公司接受为支付手段,并被用来出售换取实体货币。
- These coins are no longer legal tender.
 这些硬币已不再是法定货币。
- The government simply states that this money is the only type that can be used as legal tender.
 政府只需说,这货币是唯一的可流通的法定货币。
- 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。
- Promissory note for issue by the tate or approved banks as currency or legal tender
 本票,国家或核定银行发行的,作为通货或法定货币
