Wall Street

noun

ˈwȯl- 

: the influential financial interests of the U.S. economy

Examples of Wall Street in a Sentence

After college she got a job on Wall Street.

Recent Examples on the Web

Wall Street was mixed in light trading early Thursday as chip stocks fell further and oil prices dipped near their levels before the Iran war began. — ABC News, 2 July 2026

The firm, which runs a user authentication platform for tens of thousands of institutions, beat Wall Street’s revenue and earnings estimates results in late May. — Kirk Ogunrinde, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

National challenges Data centers, which help power technology like artificial intelligence, pose a risk to the power grid, according to the Wall Street Journal. — Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026

Wall Street goes on-chain Founded in 2017 by Carlos Domingo and Jamie Finn, Securitize was an early evangelist for tokenization. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 2 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

Wall Street, New York City, site of the New York Stock Exchange

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Wall Street

• amit
• athlete
• backseat
• blackfeet
• broadsheet
• browbeat
• buckwheat
• compete
• compleat
• complete
• conceit
• concrete

Kids Definition

Wall Street

noun

ˈwȯl- 

: the powerful financial interests that control or influence the U.S. economy

Etymology

from Wall Street in New York City, site of a major stock trading exchange