old money
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.39 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families.
Derogatory; Uncountable
noun
The monetary system used in the United Kingdom and Ireland before decimalisation in 1971 and consisting of pounds, shillings, pence and farthings.
British usage; Uncountable
noun
The imperial system of measurement or Fahrenheit, as opposed to the metric system or Celsius.
British usage; Humorous; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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?"
Usage
- Derogatory
- Uncountable
- British usage
- Humorous