Old money

"Old money" in a Sentence (3 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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