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

• Ending something ( e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country.
  终止金或银等作为一个国家法定货币的行为。
• 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。
• The only legal tender for the settlement of a debt in Scotland is coins from the Royal Mint.
  在苏格兰，唯一可用以清偿债务的法定货币是英国皇家铸币局（royalmint）发行的硬币。
• 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 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。
• These Scottish bank notes are not legal tender in Scotland or anywhere else.
  这些苏格兰纸币不是苏格兰或任何其他地方的法定货币。
• 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。
• 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。
• A check is not legal tender.
  支票不是法定清偿。
• These coins are no longer legal tender.
  这些硬币已不再是法定货币。