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

It was the week Wall Street wavered on America’s Teflon economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

A meltdown has already happened with lots of stocks having tumbled in value, according to Wall Street veteran Larry McDonald.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Katie Zacharia had less than 24 hours to prepare for her inaugural briefing, as she juggled a cross-country move, and only received briefing materials this morning,” the Wall Street Journal reported.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Some Wall Street players warn that the new framework creates hidden risks for public companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Oppenheimer employed twenty-five or so analysts, most of whose analysis went ignored by the rest of Wall Street.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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