Wall Street

American  

noun

1. a street in New York City, in S Manhattan: the major financial center of the U.S.

2. the money market or the financiers of the U.S.

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Wall Street British  

noun

1. a street in lower Manhattan, New York, where the Stock Exchange and major banks are situated, regarded as the embodiment of American finance

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Wall Street Cultural  

1. A street in New York City on which the New York Stock Exchange and many investment firms are located. The street's name is often used in reference to the activities conducted on it: “Stock prices fell on Wall Street.”

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Etymology

Origin of Wall Street

1820–30, Wall Street for def. 2

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Example Sentences

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Wall Street

It was the week Wall Street wavered on America’s Teflon economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

As Anthropic prepares to go public, Wall Street is grappling with the unprecedented question of how to price the risks associated with artificial-intelligence calamity.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Katie Zacharia had less than 24 hours to prepare for her inaugural briefing, as she juggled a cross-country move, and only received briefing materials this morning,” the Wall Street Journal reported.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

A new flying sports car may be exactly what CEO Elon Musk needs to sell Wall Street on a merger between Tesla and SpaceX.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Here the Wall Street bond trading desks exploited another blind spot in the rating agencies’ models.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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