street name
Americannoun
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a familiar or slang name of a narcotic drug.
A street name for phencyclidine is “angel dust.”
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Stock Exchange. an arrangement in which a broker holds securities in their own name instead of in the name of the customer, especially for convenience in executing transfers and in pledging for borrowing in margin accounts.
Stocks held in street name are insured up to $500,000 by the federal government against fraud or financial failure of the brokerage company.
Etymology
Origin of street name
First recorded in 1830–40 for the stock exchange sense, and in 1965–70 for the narcotic drug sense
Example Sentences
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Merchants — new and old — bear the street name on stores.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
Yarl mixed up the street name of the house where he was sent to pick up his siblings.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024
The dispatcher coaxed her to provide the street name where she last saw them.
From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2023
He said residents attempted to get the street name legally changed but could not get permission from all owners.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2023
There’s a big red smear near the bottom right corner but through the ink I make out one street name near the red smudge: High Street.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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