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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

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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

Despite the mind-numbing complexities of high finance, the story of SVB turned out to be pretty simple.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 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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