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
- Checks serve as money, although they are not legal tender, because they can be collected quickly and cheaply through the banking system.
尽管支票不是法定货币，但可以作为货币使用，因为它可以通过银行系统较快捷、费用较低地来托收。 - 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 coins are no longer legal tender.
这些硬币已不再是法定货币。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Moreover, the small, vulnerable economy has suffered because the Turkish lira is legal tender.
此外，由于土耳其里拉是合法的货币，其弱小而敏感的经济很容易受到影响。 - 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。 - 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。 - A check is not legal tender.
支票不是法定清偿。