high finance
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of high finance
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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A who’s who of high finance caught foreclosure fever, dispatching buyers to courthouse steps with duffel bags of cashiers checks to buy repossessed homes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026
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
The more recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and the outbreak of fear about the health of the banking system could make 2023 an even leaner year for those working in high finance.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
The original mortgage bond market had come into the world in much the same way, messily, coaxed into existence by the extreme interest of a small handful of people on the margins of high finance.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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