legal tender
Example Sentences
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The Abu Dhabi fund and Binance strengthened the nascent stablecoin by using it as legal tender similar to hard currency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
All UK coins featuring the late Queen's profile remain legal tender and in active circulation, alongside her son's coins.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025
In 2021 he made Bitcoin legal tender nationwide, and though the experiment has largely been a failure, it has attracted crypto bros and tech opportunists.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2025
Suddenly I realized — a shock to the system! — you needed legal tender in order to live.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025
“Leave that to my father. He knows bank people who know other bank people. They’ll give him legal tender for it.”
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
