"Old money" nghĩa là gì?

Boulton, Watt, Murdoch gold leaf statue. Photo courtesy Elliott Brown.

'Old money' nghĩa là những dòng họ, gia tộc giàu có nhiều đời (established, inherited wealth; those whose families have been wealthy for many generations).

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Pierpont Morgan was fanatic about his privacy and created an enduring image of a top-hatted tycoon (ông trùm) snarling (cằn nhằn) and brandishing (khua khoắng) a stick at photographers. He belonged to nineteen private clubs, most of the sort restricted to Anglo-Saxon Christian men, and liked to mingle with old money.

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