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Meaning of "funny money" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FUNNY MONEY

funny money play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUNNY MONEY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Funny money is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FUNNY MONEY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of funny money in the English dictionary

The first definition of funny money in the dictionary is a sum of money so large as to be considered unreal. Other definition of funny money is counterfeit money. Funny money is also foreign currency.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FUNNY MONEY

funnel-web
funnelform
funnelled
funnelling
funnier
funnies
funniest
funnily
funnily enough
funniness
funning
funny
funny bone
funny business
funny cigarette
funny farm
funny girl
funny handshake
funny paper
funnyman

WORDS THAT END LIKE FUNNY MONEY

big money
black money
blood money
call money
cheap money
easy money
even money
honey
in old money
in the money
money
Monopoly money
old money
on the money
paper money
pocket money
prize money
ready money
smart money
spending money
start-up money

Synonyms and antonyms of funny money in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «funny money» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FUNNY MONEY

Find out the translation of funny money to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of funny money from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «funny money» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有趣的钱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dinero falso
570 millions of speakers

English

funny money
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अजीब पैसे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المال مضحك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

смешно деньги
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dinheiro falso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মজার টাকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wang lucu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

funny Money
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

偽造紙幣
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

재미 돈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhuwit lucu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hài hước tiền
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேடிக்கையான பணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मजेदार पैसे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Komik para
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

denaro divertente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

śmieszne pieniądze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

смішно гроші
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bani amuzant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αστεία τα χρήματα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

snaaks geld
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

funny money
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

morsomme penger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of funny money

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUNNY MONEY»

The term «funny money» is regularly used and occupies the 95.525 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FUNNY MONEY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «funny money» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «funny money» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about funny money

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUNNY MONEY»

Discover the use of funny money in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to funny money and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Funny Money
The New Yorker writer chronicles the collapse of a shopping mall in 1982 that sent reverberations through the banking industry, with fault lines stretching deep into the heart of America's speculative and often soft financial institutions.
Mark Singer, 2004
2
Mr. Chickee's Funny Money
After all, Steven is the president of the Flint Future Detectives Club, and the inventor of fantastic spying and detecting equipment such as the Snoopeeze 9000! From the Hardcover edition.
Christopher Paul Curtis, 2009
3
Arthur's Funny Money
Simple business concepts are ingeniously woven into the story. This marvelous book will capture the interest of eager learners and creative teachers.' -YC.Children's Choices for 1982 (IRA/CBC) Children's Books of 1981 (Library of Congress)
Lillian Hoban, 2009
4
Funny Money
But plans for using the funny money are more devious than that--and its all the work of an utterly gorgeous impossible brilliant female scientist and her not-quite-human associate, Mr. Gordons.
Warren Murphy, 2002
5
The Funny Money Man
Stephen Jory has a secret; a secret he guards jealously. For 20 years,tephen Jory was Britain's most high-profile counterfeiter. Throughout hisareer, he flooded the UK with five billion pounds worth of "funny money".
Stephen Jory, 2002
6
Funny Money
InFunny Money, Rusty Evans has collected dozens of quips from wise men, comedians, and artists that reflect the true nature of man and his relationship to money.
Rusty Evans, 2012
7
Funny Money
With diamond-hard prose, triple-crossing plot twists, and a deliciously noir-inflected atmosphere, Funny Money finds James Swain more than living up to his promise as a razor-sharp storyteller with unlimited surprises up his sleeve.
James Swain, 2010
8
Funny money
This fact-filled book about money also tickles the funny bone.
Florence Temko, 1998
9
Funny Money
Haskell's investigation into the source of unholy withdrawals from the church bank account reveals a lessthanpious congregation at the Church of the Holy Scriptures in Pigeon Fork. Original.
Taylor McCafferty, 2000
10
The case of the funny money man
The Clues Kids, five foster children living with Chief Klink and his wife, suspect their new neighbors of being counterfeiters.
William Alexander, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUNNY MONEY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term funny money is used in the context of the following news items.
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CAA's Yeager concerned about cost of attendance's role in recruiting
“What is a laudable intent of covering cost of attendance is played out now in the recruiting game as being about funny money, play money, ... «Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jul 15»
2
'Killing Monica' could be renamed 'Killing Carrie Bradshaw After Sex …
... Consensus of 1989 which made New York City arguably the centre of a newly financialized world order, all funny money and innovation. «Scroll.in, Jul 15»
3
Lincoln children not even born in 2008 still feel the impact of the …
But his wealth is a deception, a huge confidence trick; driven by greed, he over-reaches himself, the funny money is found out, and the empire ... «Lincolnshire Echo, Jul 15»
4
George Osborne's savvy display lacked tough fiscal action
... and we reach the limits of our ability to keep gilt yields low using quantitative easing and other forms of central bank “funny money”, that debt ... «Yahoo Finance UK, Jul 15»
5
CWA awards student scholarships
The event will include casino games with “funny money,” silent, live and dessert auctions and dancing to country-rock band Wet Stone. A Santa ... «Lompoc Record, Jul 15»
6
Safe Summer Children's Carnival rolls into Falleti Ice Arena July 30
One dollar buys a ticket to play 10 games, and children can win “funny money” to redeem for prizes. Entertainment by “Paul Antonio Magic” is ... «The Daily News Online, Jul 15»
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Major Link Soccer: Funny Money Influx
Major Link Soccer: Funny Money Influx. By SounderJunkie on Jul 9, 2015, 7:00a 88. Don Garber looks on to see how teams will spend their new allowances. «Sounder At Heart, Jul 15»
8
Summer Transfer Window and the Vancouver Whitecaps
Coinciding with this, Major League Soccer announced a new 'funny money' mechanism for big clubs (let's be honest here) to pay down their ... «Eighty Six Forever, Jul 15»
9
MORNING BID EUROPE-A daily note from our Economics/Politics …
... managed to get their euros out of the bank or out of the country and those whose savings might be trapped and converted into funny money. «Yahoo Finance UK, Jul 15»
10
With no coalition partner, George Osborne negotiates himself out of …
Keith Muir, Edinburgh. UK debt as owed to foreign banks is only 25% of GDP the rest is just funny money it printed itself in the UK garden shed. «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Funny money [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/funny-money>. Apr 2024 ».
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