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untender

untender

9.9
Money or coins not legally accepted as payment
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈtɛndər/
  • Formal
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  • He tried to pay with an untender note, but the cashier explained it was not valid currency.

Examples

  • The shop refused to accept the untender coins as payment for groceries.

  • Collectors often own rare bills that are now considered untender in most countries.

  • The shop refused to accept untender bills.

  • Many vendors do not accept untender currency.

  • The shop refused to accept the untender coins as payment for groceries.

  • He tried to pay with an untender note, but the cashier explained it was not valid currency.

  • Collectors often own rare bills that are now considered untender in most countries.

Synonyms

uncurrent
vsuntender
  • Archaic
1 9.9

No longer used or accepted, for example as money

is not legally recognized and so cannot be official payment in a place
unspendable
vsuntender
8.3

You cannot use it to buy things or pay for them

is legally not recognized and thus not accepted as official payment

Surface Forms

untender positive

Morphology

untender = tender (semi-transparent) = un + tender

Negation of the noun 'tender' is straightforward in form, but the meaning relies on the collocation 'legal tender', which some learners may not know.

Etymology

The word untender is un- 'not' combined with tender as in 'legal tender', where tender means 'official money' or 'acceptable payment'. So untender means 'not acceptable as payment'.