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Monopoly money en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Play money.
  2. (derogatory, often, slang, uncountable) Banknotes of foreign currency; especially those which are vibrant or flimsy.
  3. (uncountable) Money, especially paper money, that is perceived to have little or no value, or to be distributed freely.
  4. (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)