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high finance

American  

noun

  1. large-scale financial transactions or institutions.


Etymology

Origin of high finance

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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The Altar, a health club opening in New York this fall, is the brainchild of a group of founders with backgrounds in high finance and fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 12, 2025

A man who spent most of his professional career in the unforgiving world of high finance, he was a senior figure in companies holding investment portfolios in the billions of pounds.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024

"Even in the world of high finance, this court cannot endorse a proposition that finds a misstatement of at least $812 million dollars to be 'immaterial,'" he wrote.

From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2023

“Trust” is a love story pretending to be a tale of high finance, but Diaz is skeptical of the romance or Wall Street epic.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2022

"Your brother and I are busy with high finance."

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl