old money

Example Sentences

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Private equity’s old money is not happy about the new.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

And yet, today there are only 700 billionaires in the U.S., and basically none of them derived their wealth from old money.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

These are the bluebloods, the old money of the investment world, steady as a metronome and just as thrilling.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

To white Americans with old money bloodlines, a family tree linked to the American Revolution era carries substantial weight.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2025

They stopped in a neighborhood bank which was just about to close for the day and asked a teller to give them new one-dollar bills in exchange for their old money.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith