old%20money

noun

1. 1

   Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families.

2. 2

   The monetary system used in the United Kingdom and Ireland before decimalisation in 1971 and consisting of pounds, shillings, pence and farthings.

3. 3

   The imperial system of measurement, as opposed to the metric system.

   “These scales say I weigh 72 kilograms; what's that in old money?”