"legal tender" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: legal tenders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} legal tender (countable and uncountable, plural legal tenders)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "法定貨幣"
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          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
          "word": "wettig betaalmiddel"
        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
          "word": "leĝa valuto"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
          "word": "laillinen maksuväline"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
          "word": "törvényes fizetőeszköz"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
          "tags": [
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          "alt": "ほうていつうか",
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          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
          "word": "法定通貨"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
          "word": "środek płatniczy"
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          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
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          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
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            "feminine"
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        },
        {
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          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
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          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
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          ],
          "word": "lagligt betalningsmedel"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
          "word": "đấu thầu hợp pháp"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
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      "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
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      "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
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      "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
      "word": "法定通貨"
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      "word": "法貨"
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      "word": "법화"
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      "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
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      "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
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      "sense": "currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt",
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