legal tender
Example Sentences
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One obstacle is that ditching the Central Bank and making the US dollar legal tender would need approval from the Argentina's Congress and could even require changing the constitution.
From BBC
In the order, Judge Findley said that while coins were legal tender, paying such a large settlement in coins would reduce the settlement because of the time and expense required to accept it.
From New York Times
There is no federal law that requires stores to accept cash, but cash remains legal tender in the U.S.
From Seattle Times
The 15.5 billion Australian coins carrying the queen’s image minted since Australia introduced decimal currency in 1966 will remain legal tender.
From Seattle Times
It abolished the right of silver bullion holders to have the precious metal struck into dollar coins that were legal tender.
From Encyclopedia.com
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