Monopoly money

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Monopoly money

noun

uncountable Play money.
Similar: toy currency, fun money, play money
derogatory, often, slang, uncountable Banknotes of foreign currency; especially those which are vibrant or flimsy.
Similar: play money, funny money
uncountable Money, especially paper money, that is perceived to have little or no value, or to be distributed freely.
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.

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noun strange-looking foreign currency

Français	billet de Monopoly
Italiano	denaro del Monopoli

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@misc{monopoly_money_2026,
  title = {Monopoly money},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monopoly%20money},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}