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WALL STREET

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• WALL STREET (noun)
The noun WALL STREET has 2 senses:

1. a street in lower Manhattan where the New York Stock Exchange is located; symbol of American finance
2. used to allude to the securities industry of the United States

Familiarity information: WALL STREET used as a noun is rare.

• WALL STREET (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Wall St.; Wall Street

Instance hypernyms:

street (a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings)

Holonyms ("Wall Street" is a part of...):

Manhattan (one of the five boroughs of New York City)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Used to allude to the securities industry of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

the Street; Wall Street

Hypernyms ("Wall Street" is a kind of...):

market; securities industry (the securities markets in the aggregate)

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