Wall Street

American  

noun

1. a street in New York City, in S Manhattan: the major financial center of the U.S.

2. the money market or the financiers of the U.S.

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Wall Street British  

noun

1. a street in lower Manhattan, New York, where the Stock Exchange and major banks are situated, regarded as the embodiment of American finance

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Wall Street Cultural  

1. A street in New York City on which the New York Stock Exchange and many investment firms are located. The street's name is often used in reference to the activities conducted on it: “Stock prices fell on Wall Street.”

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Etymology

Origin of Wall Street

1820–30, Wall Street for def. 2

Example Sentences

He issued an apology for the scandals in January, taking out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal that attributed his behavior to his bipolar disorder.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Overall, Wall Street remains cautious on Ford stock, with just 24% of analysts covering the company rating shares Buy, according to FactSet.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

“I don’t know that you’re ever fully ready for whatever job it is,” Butera said, “whether it’s a job on Wall Street or a baseball coach.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Big picture: The March report on wholesale prices wasn’t as bad as Wall Street had expected.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

The “consumer loan” piles that Wall Street firms, led by Goldman Sachs, asked AIG FP to insure went from being 2 percent subprime mortgages to being 95 percent subprime mortgages.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis