- grey pound
- Grey pound(UK) In the UK, the grey pound is an idiom for the economic power of elderly people.
The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.
The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.
grey pound — n BrE the grey pound the money that older people have available to spend, especially after their children have grown up and left home ▪ the power of the grey pound … Dictionary of contemporary English
grey pound — ➔ pound … Financial and business terms
Grey pound — In the United Kingdom, the expression Grey Pound is used in the context of marketing and refers to the economic power of the elderly demographic … Wikipedia
grey pound — (UK) In the UK, the grey pound is an idiom for the economic power of elderly people. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Grey pound — (UK) In the UK, the grey pound is an idiom for the economic power of elderly people … Dictionary of English idioms
the grey pound — UK US noun [S] UK (US the gray dollar) ECONOMICS, MARKETING ► the money that older people as a group have available to spend in an economy : »Planning authorities have to take into account the increasing economic importance of the grey pound … Financial and business terms
(the) grey pound — the grey pound UK US noun [singular] business british the money spent by older people as a group Thesaurus: old age and relating to old agehyponym informal words for units of moneyhyponym … Useful english dictionary
pound — [paʊnd] noun [countable] 1. written abbreviation £ the standard unit of currency in Britain, which is divided into 100 pence: • a twenty pound note • a shortfall of millions of pounds 2. the (British) pound the value of the British currency… … Financial and business terms
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the grey pound — UK / US noun [singular] business British the money spent by older people as a group … English dictionary