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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Wall Street, Wall St.noun

    a street in lower Manhattan where the New York Stock Exchange is located; symbol of American finance

  2. Wall Street, the Streetnoun

    used to allude to the securities industry of the United States

GCIDE

  1. Wall Street

    A street towards the southern end of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, extending from Broadway to the East River; -- so called from the old wall which extended along it when the city belonged to the Dutch. It is the chief financial center of the United States, hence the name is often used for the money market and the financial interests of the country; -- in American financial publications, also referred to as the street.

Wiktionary

  1. Wall Streetnoun

    American financial markets, financial institutions as a whole or by extension, big-business interests.

  2. Etymology: From the name of a street located in Manhattan, where many financial institutions are located.

Wikipedia

  1. Wall Street

    Wall Street is an eight-block-long street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It runs between Broadway in the west to South Street and the East River in the east. The term "Wall Street" has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial services industry, New York–based financial interests, or the Financial District itself. Wall Street was originally known in Dutch as "de Waalstraat" when it was part of New Amsterdam in the 17th century, though the origins of the name vary. An actual wall existed on the street from 1685 to 1699. During the 17th century, Wall Street was a slave-trading marketplace and a securities-trading site, as well as the location of Federal Hall, New York's first city hall. In the early 19th century, both residences and businesses occupied the area, but increasingly business predominated, and New York City's financial industry became centered on Wall Street. In the 20th century, several early skyscrapers were built on Wall Street, including 40 Wall Street, once the world's tallest building. Wall Street is home to the world's two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization, the New York Stock Exchange, located on Wall Street, and NASDAQ. Several other major exchanges have or had headquarters in the Wall Street area, including the New York Mercantile Exchange, the New York Board of Trade, and the former American Stock Exchange. To support the exchanges, many brokerage firms had offices "clustered around Wall Street". The direct economic impacts of Wall Street activities extend beyond New York City. Wall Street physically contains several banking headquarters and skyscrapers, as well as the Federal Hall National Memorial. The street is served by three subway stations and a ferry stop.

ChatGPT

  1. wall street

    Wall Street is a street located in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City, known for being the financial district of the U.S. It is home to several key financial institutions, including the New York Stock Exchange and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Wall Street also represents the symbol of American financial markets and economy. The term is often used in a broader sense to refer to the players, activities, and industries associated with finance, investment, and global banking.

Wikidata

  1. Wall Street

    Wall Street is the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long, 0.7 miles long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial sector, or signifying New York-based financial interests. It is the home of the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies. Several other major exchanges have or had headquarters in the Wall Street area, including NASDAQ, the New York Mercantile Exchange, the New York Board of Trade, and the former American Stock Exchange. Anchored by Wall Street, New York City is one of the world's principal financial centers.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Wall Street in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Wall Street in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Wall Street in a Sentence

  1. Joseph Stiglitz:

    The fall of Wall Street is for market fundamentalism what the fall of the Berlin Wall was for communism.

  2. Adam Green:

    Donations to Elizabeth Warren are not an impulse buy, they are fundamentally built on a track record of Elizabeth Warren consistently challenging power -- whether that's challenging Wall Street and big insurance or challenging systemic racism.

  3. Donald Trump:

    I'm a pretty good Republican. But I will tell you this, I do have some differences. I don't want to have certain people on Wall Street getting away with paying no tax.

  4. Ed Gurrieri:

    He could have made so much money on Wall Street and as a businessman, instead, he decided to serve his country, and he made the ultimate sacrifice.

  5. Bernie Sanders:

    Wall Street's greed and recklessness and illegal behavior drove this economy into the worst recession since the Great Depression. Millions of people lost their homes, their life savings, and their jobs. And, yes, I believe that we have to break up the major financial institutions. We have to re-establish Glass-Stegall.

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