LEGAL TENDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legal tender mean? 

• LEGAL TENDER (noun)
  The noun LEGAL TENDER has 1 sense:

1. something that can be used as an official medium of payment

  Familiarity information: LEGAL TENDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEGAL TENDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something that can be used as an official medium of payment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

legal tender; stamp; tender

Hypernyms ("legal tender" is a kind of...):

medium of exchange; monetary system (anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "legal tender"):

food stamp (a government-issued stamp that can be used in exchange for food)