legal tender
noun [U]Definition
› the money that can be officially used in a countryForms of money and methods of payment
(Definition of legal tender noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- affinity card noun
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- brass noun (MONEY)
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- cross verb (MAKE SIGN)
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