funny money

Example Sentences

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"Until recently Swedes were bidding up the price of homes with funny money," said Andreas Cervenka, author of "Greedy Sweden", a book examining inequality driven partly by the housing boom.

From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2023

They obscured the actual value with point systems and hoped customers would treat the cards they bought like funny money.

From The Verge • Jul. 1, 2021

Instead they will be foisted onto exporters who, having paid their suppliers and workers in hard cash, will have to accept funny money for their earnings.

From Economist • May 12, 2016

And sure enough, on the Senate floor, several amused senators took photos of the activists and scooped up the funny money.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2013

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From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.