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

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Wall Street

Indexing is the easiest way to put the best judgment of the smartest people on Wall Street to work for you, at remarkably low cost.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Quarterly revenue for General Dynamics rose 8.1% to $14.09 billion, beating Wall Street expectations of $13.52 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Around that same time, Jack Bogle was trying to launch the first index fund and could not get any backing on Wall Street.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

The Wall Street Journal spoke with Schulten about the state of the American consumer, P&G’s business in China, and how commodity prices could affect the company’s outlook.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The one Wall Street trader who had tried to persuade AIG FP to stop betting on the subprime mortgage bond market witnessed none of these internal politics.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis