elliptical. = lawful money, weight. Obsolete.

Originally: †(of money) acceptable as legal tender, current (obsolete). Later more generally: that is generally accepted for commercial…

legal tender; also figurative.

Current coin or cash, or something functioning as a comparable medium of exchange (esp. as opposed to imaginary money, money of account, or payment…

coin or other money, which a creditor is bound by law to accept when tendered in payment of a debt.

(esp. legal tender, lawful tender, or common tender.) Money or other things that may be legally tendered or offered in payment; currency…