"play money" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-play money.wav
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} play money (uncountable)
  1. Noticeably fake bills or coins intended for use as toy currency, especially with board games, rather than currency in a legitimate exchange market. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Money Synonyms: toy currency, fun money, Monopoly money
    Sense id: en-play_money-en-noun-svI6zHtu Disambiguation of Money: 57 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 68 32
  2. (slang, often derogatory) Banknotes of any foreign currency. Tags: derogatory, often, slang, uncountable Synonyms: funny money, Monopoly money Related terms: counterfeit
    Sense id: en-play_money-en-noun-NOjgfBZU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (obviously fake currency): 玩具鈔票 /玩具钞票 (wánjù chāopiào) (Chinese Mandarin), leikkiraha (Finnish), Spielgeld [neuter] (German), játékpénz (Hungarian), leksakspengar [plural] (Swedish), oyuncak para (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'obviously fake currency': 49 51
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