Meanings
- derogatoryidiomaticoftenuncountableFamilies that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families.
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
2023, underscores, “Old money bitch”, in Wallsocket1 more example
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.
1959, Vance Packard, The Status Seekers, Pocket Books, published 1971, →ISBN, page 118 - IrelandUKuncountableThe monetary system used in the United Kingdom and Ireland before decimalisation in 1971 and consisting of pounds, shillings, pence and farthings.
- IrelandUKhumorousuncountableThe imperial system of measurement or Fahrenheit, as opposed to the metric system or Celsius.
These scales say I weigh 72 kilograms; what's that in old money?
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe inherited wealth of established upper-class families
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 豪門 /豪门
- 豪門 /豪门 (háomén)families that have been wealthy for generations
Finnish vanha raha
- vanha rahafamilies that have been wealthy for generations
French vieille fortune, vieux riche
- vieille fortunefamilies that have been wealthy for generations
- vieux richefamilies that have been wealthy for generations
German Geldadel
- Geldadelfamilies that have been wealthy for generations
Japanese 世襲
- 世襲 (seshū)families that have been wealthy for generations
Cite this entry
old money. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old%20money
“old money.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old%20money. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “old money,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old%20money.
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