Synonyms

Wall Street

American

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.

Wall Street British

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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Wall Street Cultural

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.”

Etymology

Origin of Wall Street

1820–30, Wall Street for def. 2

Example Sentences

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It is the same disagreement that is taking place across Wall Street and corporate America.

From The Wall Street Journal

Treasuries have taken a lot of flak from Wall Street in recent years, because they stopped behaving like a safe haven.

From Barron's

A viral thought experiment by Citrini Research foretelling mass white-collar unemployment, cratering consumer spending and financial contagion tapped into deep anxieties about the technology both on Wall Street and among the broader public.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even so, the result beat the median forecast for a 26% increase in a Wall Street Journal survey of nine economists.

From The Wall Street Journal

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