legal tender | Definition of legal tender

Synonyms and Antonyms of legal tender

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 of legal tender

bread [slang], bucks, cabbage [slang], cash, change, chips, coin, currency, dough, gold, green, jack [slang], kale [slang], lolly [British], long green [slang], loot, lucre, money, moola (or moolah) [slang], needful, pelf, scratch [slang], shekels (also sheqels), tender, wampum

Words Related to legal tender

coinage, specie

dead presidents [slang], folding money, paper money, scrip

banknote, cashier's check, check, draft, money order, note, promissory note

bill, dollar, greenback

bankroll, capital, finances, funds, roll [slang], wad, wallet

chump change, dibs [slang], dime, mite, peanuts, pittance, shoestring

big bucks, bomb [British], boodle, bundle, earth, fortune, king's ransom, megabucks, mint, packet [chiefly British], pile, pot

abundance, means, opulence, riches, treasure, wealth

resources, wherewithal

mad money, petty cash, pin money, pocket money, spending money