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Monopoly money
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English
thumb|Monopoly play money stacked in the game’s “bank”
Pronunciation
en En-au-Monopoly money.ogg AU
Noun
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Play money.
en toy currency fun money
en slang often derogatory Banknotes of foreign currency; especially those which are vibrant or flimsy.
en play money funny money
Money, especially paper money, that is perceived to have little or no value, or to be distributed freely.
en 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.
Synonyms
paper play money en fun money, en play money
bills of foreign currency en funny money
Translations
paper play money play money
Danish: da matadorpenge p
Finnish: fi monopoliraha in Monopoly
strange-looking foreign currency
Danish: da matadorpenge
Finnish: fi monopoliraha
French: fr billet de Monopoly m
Italian: it denaro del Monopoli m
en Monopoly Money