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

• 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。
• After all, a currency is the reflection of the country in which it is legal tender.
  毕竟，一个国家的货币是体现在它的法定货币。
• We also know that beer was used in the middle ages as legal tender for paying taxes and settling debts.
  我们同样知道，在中世纪，啤酒被用作法定货币，可以用它来支付税款，清偿债务。
• Banker: Yes, the Bank of Japan has statutory authority to issue yen currency and coinage which is the sole legal tender in Japan.
  银行家：是的，在发行日元和硬币方面，日本银行拥有法定性的权威，它所发行的日元和硬币是日本唯一的法币。
• Money is legal tender issued by a government, including paper currency and coin.
  钱币是政府发行之法定货币，包括纸币和硬币。
• The rupee is also accepted as legal tender in the country.
  该国也接受卢比为合法的货币。
• 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。
• 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。
• The old pound note is no longer legal tender.
  旧制的英镑纸币已不是法定的货币了。
• Credit is offered only when creditors believe that they have a good chance of obtaining legal tender when they present such instruments at a bank or other authorized institution.
  债权人相信当他们在银行或其它授权机构提交这类信用工具时他们获得法定货币的可能性很大，只有这样信用才有保障。