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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Kirk’s name will appear in 3-inch font below the official street name.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025
She said: "I have nightmares, I wake up crying, I can't go into certain spaces in Gravesend, and I can't see the street name without being sick, I struggle enormously."
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025
Yarl mixed up the street name of the house where he was sent to pick up his siblings.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024
The dispatcher coaxed her to provide the street name where she last saw them.
From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2023
“Sand” would be no kind of street name.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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