funny money

Example Sentences

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"With rising interest rates, that funny money has turned into real money and it is painful."

From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2023

She understood that market value assigned to art is the equivalent of funny money.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022

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

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