Monopoly money en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
- (uncountable) Play money.
- (derogatory, often, slang, uncountable) Banknotes of foreign currency; especially those which are vibrant or flimsy.
- (uncountable) Money, especially paper money, that is perceived to have little or no value, or to be distributed freely.
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(idiomatic, uncountable) Money that does not exist; referring to fraudulent record keeping.
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
play money (paper play money) · funny money · play money · toy currency · funny money (bills of foreign currency) · fun money · fun money (paper play money)
Translations (6)
fi monopoliraha (strange-looking foreign currency) · fi monopoliraha (paper play money — see also play money) · it denaro del Monopoli (strange-looking foreign currency) · fr billet de Monopoly (strange-looking foreign currency) · da matadorpenge (strange-looking foreign currency) · da matadorpenge (paper play money — see also play money)