0 the money that can be officially used in a country
1 the official money used in a country
2 coins or bank notes that are part of a country's official currency:
Therefore, we have at the moment to allow postal orders to be used as legal tender.
The object is that they may be able to meet all demands for legal tender.
They would be covered by legal tender, non-interest-bearing paper, instead of interest-bearing paper, and there is nothing wrong with that.
The sixpenny coin will remain legal tender until the end of the change-over period.
The 50p coin is now legal tender up to £10.
Like the present penny and threepenny bit, it will be legal tender and current coin for the duration of the changeover period.
His speech was most illuminating about the value of certain coins which are still legal tender, although not in current use to any wide extent.
If, however, it were to be adopted, many states might choose to make it legal tender.
