old money
noun [U] (PEOPLE)Definition
› used to refer to rich people whose families have been rich for a long time: Much of big business is still controlled by old money.Wealthy people
(Definition of old money noun (PEOPLE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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