Wall Street

noun

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

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

Origin of Wall Street

1820–30, Americanism for def 2

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Example sentences from the Web for wall street

Of a Sunday, Wall-street is deserted as Petra; and every night of every day it is an emptiness.
David's Bookclub: Bartleby the Scrivener|David Frum|November 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Each was of the first Wall-Street fashion, invited to lend his name and take stock in every new enterprise.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862|Various
Some brokers in Wall-street average from six to ten messages per day throughout the year.
Lands of the Slave and the Free|Henry A. Murray
No form should deceive him, not even if it condescended, in its new shape, to issue from Wall-street instead of Chestnut!
Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2)|Thomas Hart Benton

Among them I saw a face or two quite familiar in Wall-street.
Letters of a Traveller|William Cullen Bryant
The old man stared at his daughter, with an expression that had made many a Wall-street financier turn pale with apprehension.
The Last Woman|Ross Beeckman

British Dictionary definitions for wall street

Wall Street

noun

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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Cultural definitions for wall street

Wall Street

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.”