Meanings
- metonymicallyAmerican financial institutions or financial markets as a whole; (by extension) big-business interests.
The causes of income stagnation are varied and lack the political simplicity of calls to bring down the deficit or avert another Wall Street meltdown.
2012 October 23, David Leonhardt, “Standard of living is in the shadows as election issue”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2022Synonyms: the Street · Antonyms: Main Street
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAmerican financial institutions or financial markets as a whole; (by extension) big-business interests.
More synonyms by meaning
nounused to allude to the securities industry of the United States
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Origin
From wall + street. The term is the name of a street in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.A., where the palisade of New Amsterdam was once located. The street is known for the many major U.S. financial institutions located there.
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Bulgarian Уолстрийт, Уол Стрийт
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Wall Street. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wall%20Street
“Wall Street.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wall%20Street. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wall Street,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wall%20Street.
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