Wall Street en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈwɔːl stɹiːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈwɑl-/ (General-American)
- /ˈwɔl ˌstɹit/ (General-American)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(metonymically) American 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 2022:
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The street that traditionally has been a principal locus for those entities and whose name is metonymically extended to refer to them.
Holonyms: Manhattan < New York < New York < United States < North America < Earth, World
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Coordinates
Bay Street · Sand Hill Road · City
Deriveds
Black Wall Street · Wall Streety · wolf of Wall Street · Wall Streetese · Wall Streeter
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Translations (2)
bg Уол Стрийт (Translations) · bg Уолстрийт (Translations)