old money
inherited wealth, especially wealth that confers status and social acceptance.
a family or forebears possessing such wealth.
Other words from old money
- old-money, adjective
Words Nearby old money
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How to use old money in a sentence
It’s full of the evidence of old money, but that money is gone now, and the house is crumbling.
Gothic novels are obsessed with borders. Mexican Gothic takes full advantage. | Constance Grady | October 16, 2020 | VoxBeauty, fame, It Girl status, and old money (never new) all lubricate the entry process.
Inside London’s Hottest Celebrity Haunt—But How Long Will Chiltern Firehouse Burn? | Lizzie Crocker | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe never goes to Manhattan because Manhattan means old money, old values.
Wealth Report: London, Not New York, Is World’s Greatest City | Nico Hines | March 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut “old money” is relative here, given that the Chinese-speaking world has no real ancien regime to speak of.
All the old money-bags who pile up fortunes magnify the importance of their money.
The House of a Thousand Candles | Meredith Nicholson
I had very pronounced journalistic notions of my own and applied them in every department of the sleepy old money-maker.
Marse Henry (Vol. 1) | Henry WattersonI was half a mind to look up the heirs of that old money-lender and buy their claim and begin their suit.
The Ship Dwellers | Albert Bigelow Paine"To think of that old money bags," he was going to say, but pulled himself up in time.
Ben Pepper | Margaret SidneyIt is clear that it was an urgent matter if the Countess also went herself to the old money lender.
Father Goriot | Honore de Balzac
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