Wall Street
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2.7
- noun
- /wɔl strit/
- Literature
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Wall Street
- There are a few reasons why Wall Street is likely to get Roblox wrong.
- Wall Street firms
- a Wall Street banker
- Washington and Wall Street
We got a whole show about Wall Street, right?
- We got a whole show about Wall Street, right?
- You clearly do not work for Wall Street, Jim.
- We got a whole show about Wall Street on the app, right?
- At the same time, Wall Street was not issuing any sell ratings.
- Main Street shut down, Wall Street recovered all within six weeks.
- And I'm not mad at Wall Street, even though I'm not mad.
- And today, Wall Street decided enough was enough.
- It seems like education, big tech, Wall Street, and then and then the politicals.
- Like I can see with Occupy Wall Street and like Occupy everything.
- I laser focused on Goldman and Wall Street and, and I just went after it.
- So why did events on Wall Street reverberate around the world?
Examples
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I told everyone that I got a job on Wall Street.
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Main Street shut down, Wall Street recovered all within six weeks.
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We got a whole show about Wall Street, right?
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We got a whole show about Wall Street on the app, right?
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You clearly do not work for Wall Street, Jim.
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And today, Wall Street decided enough was enough.
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And in my opinion, you know, Wall Street's fairly corrupt right now.
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At the same time, Wall Street was not issuing any sell ratings.
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Frankie works down on Wall Street.
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Today, Wall Street saw a significant increase in stock prices, indicating market optimism.
Synonyms
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The banks and companies on Wall Street that buy and sell stocks and bonds in the United States
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Large, complicated money deals that happen between big banks, companies, and governments
How Influential
- Literature
546
2.7
- Specialized
244
3.6
- Specialized
4
3.1
197
1.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Wall + Street
The meaning 'the U.S. financial industry' is a toponymic/metonymic use that cannot be derived from the literal constituents 'wall' and 'street' (which only denote physical objects/places). Understanding this sense requires cultural or lexicalized knowledge of the place-name usage rather than compositional inference, so a B1 learner who only knows the component words would not reliably infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Because many banks and traders set up on that same street, Wall Street became a short name for 'the financial industry' and the people and companies who work in it.