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legal tender
合法貨幣
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Le·gal
a.
1.
Created
by
,
permitted
by
,
in
conformity
with
,
or
relating
to
,
law
;
as
,
a
legal
obligation
;
a
legal
standard
or
test
;
a
legal
procedure
;
a
legal
claim
;
a
legal
trade
;
anything
is
legal
which
the
laws
do
not
forbid
.
2.
Theol.
(a)
According
to
the
law
of
works
,
as
distinguished
from
free
grace
;
or
resting
on
works
for
salvation
.
(b)
According
to
the
old
or
Mosaic
dispensation
;
in
accordance
with
the
law
of
Moses
.
3.
Law
Governed
by
the
rules
of
law
as
distinguished
from
the
rules
of
equity
;
as
,
legal
estate
;
legal
assets
.
Legal cap
.
See
under
Cap
.
Legal tender
.
(a)
The
act
of
tendering
in
the
performance
of
a
contract
or
satisfaction
of
a
claim
that
which
the
law
prescribes
or
permits
,
and
at
such
time
and
place
as
the
law
prescribes
or
permits
.
(b)
That
currency
,
or
money
,
which
the
law
authorizes
a
debtor
to
tender
and
requires
a
creditor
to
receive
.
It
differs
in
different
countries
.
Syn:
--
Lawful
;
constitutional
;
legitimate
;
licit
;
authorized
.
See
Lawful
.
◄
►
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ten·der
,
n.
1.
Law
An
offer
,
either
of
money
to
pay
a
debt
,
or
of
service
to
be
performed
,
in
order
to
save
a
penalty
or
forfeiture
,
which
would
be
incurred
by
nonpayment
or
nonperformance
;
as
,
the
tender
of
rent
due
,
or
of
the
amount
of
a
note
,
with
interest
.
Note:
☞
To
constitute
a
legal
tender
,
such
money
must
be
offered
as
the
law
prescribes
.
So
also
the
tender
must
be
at
the
time
and
place
where
the
rent
or
debt
ought
to
be
paid
,
and
it
must
be
to
the
full
amount
due
.
2.
Any
offer
or
proposal
made
for
acceptance
;
as
,
a
tender
of
a
loan
,
of
service
,
or
of
friendship
;
a
tender
of
a
bid
for
a
contract
.
A
free
,
unlimited
tender
of
the
gospel
.
--
South
.
3.
The
thing
offered
;
especially
,
money
offered
in
payment
of
an
obligation
.
Legal tender
.
See
under
Legal
.
Tender of issue
Law
,
a
form
of
words
in
a
pleading
,
by
which
a
party
offers
to
refer
the
question
raised
upon
it
to
the
appropriate
mode
of
decision
. --
Burrill
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
legal
tender
n
:
something
used
as
an
official
medium
of
payment
[
syn
:
tender
]
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