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

Accenture, the consulting and outsourcing leader, keeps telling investors that AI won’t disrupt its business, but Wall Street fears the worst, and the stock keeps dropping.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

David Rosenthal is a contributor to The Wall Street Journal and the co-founder and co-host of the Acquired podcast.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

For one, President Trump announced that China has yet to buy Nvidia’s H200 GPUs, according to the Wall Street Journal.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

On Wall Street, both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite slumped from fresh all-time highs set Thursday.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Here the Wall Street bond trading desks exploited another blind spot in the rating agencies’ models.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis