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单词 funny money
释义
funny money
noun[U]
MONEYinformal
uk
us
moneywhosevaluehas beenartificiallyincreased, ormoneythat is notworthas much as itappearsto be:
Thebankshave usedfunnymoneygeneratedbycreativeaccountancytodealwithvastamountsofpublicdebt.
Stockoptionswereseenasfunnymoney,enablingyou topromisevastcompensationtoyouremployeeswithout ithurtingyourbottomline.
moneythat is notreal, forexamplebecause it has beenillegallyprintedorcreatedfor agame:
Advances incomputertechnologyare being used bycriminalsto makefunnymoney.
Guests are given $50 infunnymoneytobetwith.
apriceoramountofmoneythat is solargethat itseemscompletelyunreasonable:
Heagreedtoselltheland, but he wasaskingfunnymoneyfor it.
(Definition offunny moneyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffunny money

funny money
A central proposal was the free distribution of prosperity certificates (or social credit), calledfunnymoneyby the opposition.
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Currently, spending on regional policy is running at £600 million per year, as shown by 1975 survey prices—"funnymoney" as it is called.
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There should not be one sort offunnymoneyfor expenditure and another sort of money for revenue.
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Real, and notfunnymoneyhas to be found at the end of the day to meet the debts.
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This is notfunnymoney, or double counted; it is real and people do not want it back in tax cuts.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They are beginning to suss that the £18 billion and £21 billion arefunnymoney.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They are, to begin with, in so-calledfunnymoney.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
One of the great advantages of cash limits is that they are cash, and notfunnymoney.
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In a sense, it is neither here nor there, because the calculations refer tofunnymoney.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The council has indulged in no extravance and no excesses of creative accounting to spend "funnymoney".
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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