'Wall Street' definitions:
Definition of 'Wall Street'
From: WordNet
noun
A street in lower Manhattan where the New York Stock Exchange is located; symbol of American finance [syn: Wall Street, Wall St.]
noun
Used to allude to the securities industry of the United States [syn: Wall Street, the Street]
Definition of 'Wall Street'
From: GCIDE
- Wall Street \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. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Synonyms of 'Wall Street'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- American Stock Exchange,
- Amex,
- board,
- bourse,
- commodity exchange,
- competitive market,
- corn pit,
- curb,
- curb exchange,
- curb market,
- Dow-Jones Industrial Average,
- exchange,
- exchange floor,
- financial district,
- Lombard Street,
- long market,
- market index,
- open market,
- outside market,
- over-the-counter market,
- pit,
- quotation board,
- spotty market,
- steady market,
- stiff market,
- stock exchange,
- stock market,
- stock price index,
- stock ticker,
- strong market,
- telephone market,
- the Big Board,
- the Exchange,
- the market,
- the Street,
- third market,
- ticker,
- ticker market,
- ticker tape,
- top-heavy market,
- unsteady market,
- weak market,
- wheat pit