Monopoly money
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Monopoly play money stacked in the game’s “bank”
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Noun
- Play money.
- Synonyms: toy currency, fun money
- (slang, often derogatory) Banknotes of foreign currency; especially those which are vibrant or flimsy.
- Synonyms: play money, funny money
- Money, especially paper money, that is perceived to have little or no value, or to be distributed freely.
- (idiomatic) Money that does not exist; referring to fraudulent record keeping.
- 2005, Craig M. Boise, Playing with ‘Monopoly Money’: Phony Profits, Fraud Penalties and Equity, Minnesota Law Review, volume 90, page 144
- They did so to conceal the fact that they were playing with Monopoly money—fabricating profits as phony as the pastel-colored money used in the classic Parker Brothers board game.
- 2005, Craig M. Boise, Playing with ‘Monopoly Money’: Phony Profits, Fraud Penalties and Equity, Minnesota Law Review, volume 90, page 144
Synonyms
- (paper play money): fun money, play money
- (bills of foreign currency): funny money
Translations
paper play money — see also play money
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strange-looking foreign currency
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