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

On Friday, as major Asian markets tracked a sell-off on Wall Street overnight, India's benchmark indexes bucked the trend to trade higher. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026

Imax quarterly numbers sailed past Wall Street forecasts with revenue of $175 million, a 64% jump, for the three months ended in September fueled by Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, the highest grossing Imax title ever. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

Thursday’s losses were broad after gains for the majority of stocks on Wall Street during the morning quickly evaporated. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Andrews and Kansas’s Adam Hamilton specifically campaigned on cracking down further on Wall Street ownership of single-family homes than the historic provisions that passed Congress this summer. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Time, 5 Nov. 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