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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Example Sentences

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Wall Street

The gains followed a largely healthy day on Wall Street, although analysts said a lot of the gains there were spurred by traders rotating into industrial firms and away from the once-all-powerful tech sector.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

SpaceX’s results and a surprise update from the AI server maker Super Micro have helped to restore some enthusiasm to the artificial-intelligence trade on Wall Street after last week’s tech wreck.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

SpaceX just gave Wall Street a big reason to believe in the artificial-intelligence boom as demand for its computing power is off the charts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

In an excerpt published in the Wall Street Journal, he wrote that he’s learned “to love all parts of our Christian communion,” including those “who voted for me and those who didn’t.”

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

Jamie pumped Ben for information about how big Wall Street firms and esoteric financial markets worked, and finally prodded him to quit his real job and join Cornwall Capital.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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