legal tender

English

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Noun

legal tender (countable and uncountable, plural legal tenders)

1. (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: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: moneda de curs legal f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法定貨幣／法定货币 (zh) (fǎdìng huòbì), 法償貨幣／法偿货币 (fǎcháng huòbì)

• Dutch: wettig betaalmiddel
• Esperanto: leĝa valuto
• Finnish: laillinen maksuväline
• German: gesetzliches Zahlungsmittel n
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: törvényes fizetőeszköz, törvényes fizetési eszköz, törvényes pénz
• Irish: dlíthairiscint f
• Italian: valuta legale f
• Japanese: 法定通貨 (ほうていつうか, hōtei tsūka), 法貨 (ja) (ほうか, hōka)
• Korean: 법화 (beophwa), 법정통화 (ko) (beopjeongtonghwa)
• Polish: środek płatniczy
• Portuguese: curso forçado m
• Russian: зако́нное платёжное сре́дство n (zakónnoje platjóžnoje srédstvo)
• Spanish: moneda legal f, moneda de curso legal f
• Swedish: lagligt betalningsmedel n
• Ukrainian: законний платіжний засіб m (zakonnyj platižnyj zasib)
• Vietnamese: đấu thầu hợp pháp
• Welsh: arian cyfreithlon m