Synonyms of legal tender

legal tender

noun

as in cash

something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment

coins and bills are considered legal tender, but postage stamps are not

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cash
• money
• coin
• currency
• bucks
• dough
• gold
• long green
• funds
• change
• chips
• tender
• sheqels
• sheqalim
• green
• shekalim
• coinage
• needful
• loot
• moolah
• cabbage
• dollar
• kale
• scratch
• money order
• wampum
• pelf
• promissory note
• bread
• lucre
• shekelim
• shekels
• lolly
• moola
• paper money
• folding money
• resources
• jack
• big bucks
• wallet
• dead presidents
• finances
• chump change
• specie
• bill
• capital
• petty cash
• pocket money
• spending money
• mad money
• pin money
• scrip
• draft
• means
• dime
• banknote
• mint
• peanuts
• greenback
• roll
• riches
• wealth
• earth
• king's ransom
• pittance
• abundance
• bankroll
• shoestring
• pot
• cashier's check
• pile
• treasure
• bundle
• check
• mite
• bomb
• opulence
• wad
• dibs
• note
• fortune
• megabucks
• wherewithal
• packet
• boodle

Examples of legal tender in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The commemorative coins were produced this summer by the Royal Australian Mint and represent legal tender. —Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024

The coins, produced by the Australian mint, look like A$1 coins and would be legal tender. —Reuters, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024

Paper Money Rebellion The Currency Act of 1764 returned the restrictions of 1751: banning colonists from printing their own legal tender bills. —JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024

Volcanoes to power bitcoin mining in El Salvador The first nation to make bitcoin legal tender will use geothermal energy to mine it. —Big Think, 24 June 2024