Monopoly money

English

Monopoly play money stacked in the game’s “bank”

Pronunciation

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Noun

Monopoly money (uncountable)

1. Play money.

   Synonyms: toy currency, fun money

2. (slang, often derogatory) Banknotes of foreign currency; especially those which are vibrant or flimsy.

   Synonyms: play money, funny money

3. Money, especially paper money, that is perceived to have little or no value, or to be distributed freely.
4. (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): fun money, play money
• (bills of foreign currency): funny money

Translations

paper play money — see also play money

• Finnish: monopoliraha (in Monopoly)

strange-looking foreign currency

• Danish: matadorpenge
• Finnish: monopoliraha
• French: billet de Monopoly m
• Italian: denaro del Monopoli m