legal tender

Example Sentences

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Yes, Gulf statelets like Aden were overseen by the Bombay presidency, and yes, the India rupee was, for the most part, their legal tender.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Last year, the country welcomed a record 3.9 million tourists, including cryptocurrency evangelists drawn by Bukele’s short-lived experiment in making Bitcoin legal tender.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2025

Suddenly I realized — a shock to the system! — you needed legal tender in order to live.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025

Bitcoiners have come to love the currency’s adoption as legal tender in other countries, and the value of the central coin has become just as responsive to broader macroeconomic conditions as anything else.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 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