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LEGAL TENDER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does legal tender mean?

• LEGAL TENDER (noun)
The noun LEGAL TENDER has 1 sense:

1. something used as an official medium of payment

Familiarity information: LEGAL TENDER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LEGAL TENDER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Something used as an official medium of payment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

legal tender; tender

Hypernyms ("legal tender" is a kind of...):

medium of exchange; monetary system (anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "legal tender"):

food stamp (government-issued stamps used in exchange for food)

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