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old money

  1. wealth acquired long ago and passed down through the generations, often regarded as conferring privileged status
  2. a person, family, etc. possessing such wealth

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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