"found money" meaning in English

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        {
          "ref": "2004, Dan Benson, 12 Stupid Mistakes People Make with Their Money, page 64",
          "text": "You can slice some girth from your debt load with a couple of big lump-sum payments, courtesy of any found money that comes along.",
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Gary Belsky, Thomas Gilovich, Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes and How to Correct Them",
          "text": "Note, though, that the rules of mental accounting are flexible—people are complicated. Sometimes they will categorize tax refunds, especially when they are small, as found money—and spend it accordingly.",
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          "ref": "2013, Raymar Rodriguez, The Little Red Book of Financial Happiness: Life After Prison, page 62",
          "text": "My father's attitude toward his hoard was that it was almost found money. The money had trickled in little by little, and he never felt the sacrifice of saving.",
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        "Unexpected money that one obtains in a manner that differs from one's usual sources of income."
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see found, money. Money that one finds."
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  "word": "found money"
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          "ref": "2004, Dan Benson, 12 Stupid Mistakes People Make with Their Money, page 64",
          "text": "You can slice some girth from your debt load with a couple of big lump-sum payments, courtesy of any found money that comes along.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Gary Belsky, Thomas Gilovich, Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes and How to Correct Them",
          "text": "Note, though, that the rules of mental accounting are flexible—people are complicated. Sometimes they will categorize tax refunds, especially when they are small, as found money—and spend it accordingly.",
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          "ref": "2013, Raymar Rodriguez, The Little Red Book of Financial Happiness: Life After Prison, page 62",
          "text": "My father's attitude toward his hoard was that it was almost found money. The money had trickled in little by little, and he never felt the sacrifice of saving.",
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        "Unexpected money that one obtains in a manner that differs from one's usual sources of income."
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see found, money. Money that one finds."
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