as in cash
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
coins and bills are considered legal tender, but postage stamps are not
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Recent Examples of legal tender
In June 2019, the government recognized the RTGS dollar as legal tender and rechristened it the new Zimbabwean dollar, while at the same time barring the use of the U.S. dollar.
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Tendai Biti, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2019
And Bhutan El Salvador is famous for becoming the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, integrating it into several national projects aimed at stimulating economic growth and reducing debt.
—Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The commemorative coins were produced this summer by the Royal Australian Mint and represent legal tender.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
The coins, produced by the Australian mint, look like A$1 coins and would be legal tender.
—Reuters, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024
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Tendai Biti, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2019
And Bhutan El Salvador is famous for becoming the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, integrating it into several national projects aimed at stimulating economic growth and reducing debt.
—Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The commemorative coins were produced this summer by the Royal Australian Mint and represent legal tender.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
The coins, produced by the Australian mint, look like A$1 coins and would be legal tender.
—Reuters, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legal tender
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There is also cash, lots and lots of cash (a man is seen counting money, another scene shows a person vacuuming up money off the floor, yet another shows two people physically fighting as money is thrown about nearby).Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
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Per News Corp’s announcement, shareholder loans in the amount of A$578 million outstanding and owing to News Corp will be repaid in full in cash at closing.Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
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The money will come from the state's $2.3 billion surplus.Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2024
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That money likely belonged to the town’s wealthy mayor, who was known to keep coins stashed around his property.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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The sales of the Hawk Tuah coins also illustrate the power the internet has to lift people from obscurity to international stardom.Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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People who own Bitcoin and other forms of digital coins are not refunded when a crypto exchange collapses in the same way depositors are at banks.Christopher White, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile the naira currency languishes at record lows against the dollar.Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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The Trump administration can foster adoption of crypto with regulatory clarity of the digital currencies.Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Legal tender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legal%20tender. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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