street name

American  

[street neym] / ˈstrit ˌneɪm /

noun

1. a familiar or slang name of a narcotic drug.

   A street name for phencyclidine is “angel dust.”

2. 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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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

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

The street name is a character, too, and it tees up the easy tropes about the “dark side of Hollywood.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024

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

Then I read the story and I saw the street name and I knew.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins