street name

[ street-neym ]

/ ˈstrit ˌneɪm /

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noun

a familiar or slang name of a narcotic drug: A street name for phencyclidine is “angel dust.”

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.

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Origin of street name

First recorded in 1830–40 for the stock exchange sense, and in 1965–70 for the narcotic drug sense

Words nearby street name

street justice, streetlight, street luge, street ministry, street money, street name, streetology, street orderly, street people, street piano, street railway

How to use street name in a sentence

I Am Legend, the 1954 post-apocalyptic classic by Richard Matheson, is set in a Los Angeles that is recognizable by its geography and street names, but a pandemic has mutated its people—with the exception of one man—into shadow-dwelling vampires.
Politics and the pandemic have changed how we imagine cities|Joanne McNeil|April 28, 2021|MIT Technology Review
The buildings are densely and turbulently arranged in a manner that defies traditional identification systems like street names and numbers.
Rio de Janeiro is making a digital map of one of Brazil’s largest favelas|Fábio Duarte, Carlo Ratti, Washington Fajardo|April 28, 2021|MIT Technology Review
As with a postal address, you can think of him assigning each point on the curve a state, a city, a street name and a street number.
New Geometric Perspective Cracks Old Problem About Rectangles|Kevin Hartnett|June 25, 2020|Quanta Magazine
In New York, the only rule is that a person must be deceased to be honored with a street name.
Beastie Boys Return to Paul’s Boutique|Justin Jones|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

His experiments most famously introduced the empathogenic drug MDMA into the popular consciousness—under its street name, Ecstasy.
The Week in Death: Alexander Shulgrin, Who Synthesized the Drug Ecstasy|The Telegraph|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But by now, everyone should be able to accept that he could hardly get a street-name change through this Congress.
Obama’s Bad Salesmanship|Michael Tomasky|June 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Although we shall forestall ourselves a little, we may here notice one more alteration in a street-name near Osgoode Hall.
Toronto of Old|Henry Scadding
As a street name it reached from the angle of Balliol to Smith Gate.
Oxford and its Story|Cecil Headlam
The street name was also set into the sidewalk under foot, in different colors—two names on each corner.
A. D. 2000|Alvarado M. Fuller
The printed inscription on it read: "Pension Norte Americana" giving street name and number.
Journeys and Experiences in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile|Henry Stephens