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 soft-spoken 37-year-old was better known in his younger days for high-profile partying than for high finance.
From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2023
So, after completing my graduate degree, I joined the world of high finance on Wall Street.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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