old money

noun

1. inherited wealth, especially wealth that confers status and social acceptance.

2. a family or forebears possessing such wealth.

Other Word Forms

• old-money adjective

Example Sentences

And yet, today there are only 700 billionaires in the U.S., and basically none of them derived their wealth from old money.

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These are the bluebloods, the old money of the investment world, steady as a metronome and just as thrilling.

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To white Americans with old money bloodlines, a family tree linked to the American Revolution era carries substantial weight.

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Unlike “old money” aristocracy, they have an inkling of what it’s like to struggle.

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This is not a city built on old money.

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Related Words

• aristocracy 
• celebrity 
• establishment 
• society