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Definition of Old money
1. Noun. The inherited wealth of established upper-class families. "She is the daughter of old money from Massachusetts"
Definition of Old money
1. Noun. (idiomatic) Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families. ¹
2. Noun. (British) The monetary system used in the United Kingdom before decimalisation (1971) and consisting of pounds, shillings, pence and farthings. ¹
3. Noun. (humorous) The imperial system of measurement, as opposed to the metric system. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Money
Literary usage of Old money
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... and a debate arising upon it, the report was put off till Monday j and upon
a petition from Bristol and Exeler that they had above 100000^. in old money ..."
2. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1853)
"It will perhaps be wiser to fix it at 120 for once after a few months the old
money falls to 150 or 160 for one and a total stop to all collecting of Taxes ..."
3. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Elisha Hammond, Charles Petersdorff (1830)
"... being indicted for buying and selling old money, was con-before ihe victed at
the Old Bailey, and fined 100/. And now, on a habeas corpus. di-Cn"rt by ..."
4. Soviet Russia by Friends of Soviet Russia (1920)
"... in connection with the annulment of the major part of the old money in a
somewhat different man- This decree states the following motive for the issue ..."
5. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Hannah More Macauley Tevelyan (1861)
"This old money and the new money together made up a scanty stock of silver, which,
with the help of gold, was to carry thi nation through the summer.^! ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1905)
"At last it became plain to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Montague, and the
Master of the Mint, Sir Isaac Newton, that the old money must be called in, ..."
7. Remains Concerning Britain by William Camden (1870)
"... that the King by Proclamation was enforced to call in the old money, ...
and to eredi Exchanges where the weight of old money was exchanged for new, ..."
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