street name
Americannoun
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a familiar or slang name of a narcotic drug.
A street name for phencyclidine is “angel dust.”
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Stock Exchange. an arrangement in which a broker holds securities in their own name instead of in the name of the customer, especially for convenience in executing transfers and in pledging for borrowing in margin accounts.
Stocks held in street name are insured up to $500,000 by the federal government against fraud or financial failure of the brokerage company.
Etymology
Origin of street name
First recorded in 1830–40 for the stock exchange sense, and in 1965–70 for the narcotic drug sense
Example Sentences
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Escalante and the organization have been calling for the street name to be switched back to Brooklyn Avenue for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
It would also be acceptable if the witness includes the same street number and street name as the voter, but no other address information is provided.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
The dispatcher coaxed her to provide the street name where she last saw them.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
The addresses given for these "entrepreneurs" are sometimes real, sometimes just a general street name or unlikely dwellings, such as an empty building lot in Morocco or a religious meeting hall in rural France.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2023
Half the point of a street name is to make yourself stand out from every other Tom, Dick, and Malcolm.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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