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

Salesforce also posted quarterly results that topped Wall Street expectations, though its full-year guidance came in slightly below forecasts. —Dylan Butts, CNBC, 28 May 2026

Around a million potential new car buyers are leaving the new car market according to data from The Wall Street Journal. —Charles Singh, USA Today, 28 May 2026

The Wall Street firm hoped the tool would increase employee productivity—and Goldman’s chief information officer Marco Argenti said the company could hire hundreds or even thousands more to work alongside its 12,000 human software engineers. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 May 2026

Moreover, there’s frustration that Wall Street isn’t giving Imax enough credit in terms of its share price. —Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 28 May 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