Meaning of old money | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families.
   derogatory, idiomatic, often, uncountable
2. The monetary system used in the United Kingdom and Ireland before decimalisation in 1971 and consisting of pounds, shillings, pence and farthings.
   British, Ireland, uncountable
3. The imperial system of measurement or Fahrenheit, as opposed to the metric system or Celsius.
   Ireland, UK, humorous, uncountable

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Examples

“They found, for example, a significant difference in emphasis as you moved from the “old money” rich, or true elite, to the “new money” rich, or unseasoned elite. The women of “old money” families tend⟳ to be relatively indifferent to swings in fashion; and their taste⟳ is oriented more to that of the British upper classes than to the French.”

“That girl's a student athlete but she's never played a sport Her parents had a seven-figure wedding and divorce She's stolen from the CVS but her daddy's on the board⟳ It's gotta be 'cause she's an old money bitch”

“These scales say⟳ I weigh⟳ 72 kilograms; what's that in old money?”

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