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☆ funny money

  1. bills, vouchers, etc. resembling or used as a substitute for legal currency
  2. money that is illegal or that is tainted by illegal activity; specif., counterfeit money
  3. currency, securities, etc. regarded as being of uncertain or decreasing value, as because of inflationary fiscal policy, highly leveraged financing, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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