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
- The central bank official said those that are out already are legal tender.
银行表示已经流通出去这些错币已经是法币了。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Most notably, if a country is trying to leave one currency, keeping that as legal tender alongside a second currency for a period can ensure a country honours its old contracts and thus avoids a technical default.
很明显，如果某个国家试图放弃某种货币，那么允许该货币与新货币同时作为法定货币流通一段时期，就可以确保该国继续履行旧有合同从而避免技术性违约。 - These coins are no longer legal tender.
这些硬币已不再是法定货币。 - A check is not legal tender.
支票不是法定清偿。 - 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。