money for old rope

:  something generally accepted as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment: such as

:  officially coined or stamped metal currency

:  money of account

:  involving or reliable in a crucial situation

:  dating from the remote past :  ancient

:  persisting from an earlier time

:  of long standing

:  a large stout cord of strands of fibers or wire twisted or braided together

:  a long slender strip of material used as rope

:  a hangman's noose

:  to bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord

:  to partition, separate, or divide by a rope

:  lasso