old money
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English [edit]
Noun [edit]
- (idiomatic) Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families.
- (UK) The monetary system used in the United Kingdom before decimalisation (1971) and consisting of pounds, shillings, pence and farthings.
- (humorous) The imperial system of measurement, as opposed to the metric system.
- These scales say I weigh 72 kilograms; what's that in old money?
Antonyms [edit]
- (families that have been wealthy for generations): new money
Translations [edit]
families that have been wealthy for generations
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