street namen.

Brit.

/ˈstriːt ˌneɪm/, U.S.

/ˈstrit ˌneɪm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: street n., name n.

Etymology: < street n. + name n. In sense 3 after Wall Street n.

1. The name of a street; a representation of this on a sign, typically placed at the end of a street.

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1830 Arcana Sci. & Art 32 Enamelled street names. Recently the names of the streets in Paris have been put up on enamelled plates, the ground being blue and the letters white.

1844 Times 11 Oct. 7/6 Confusion arises from the multiplication of the same street names. We find in a London Directory 28 King-streets.

1914 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Psychopathol. Everyday Life ii. 24 I had hopelessly forgotten the street name and address connected with a disagreeable visit in a strange city.

1972 J. McClure Caterpillar Cop iii. 42 Kramer..took the Durban road, watching the street names on his left.

2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 Mar. v. 6/2 Text-to-speech units will pronounce street names, such as ‘turn right on Main Street’.

a. A name or alias given to or used by a person (now esp. a member of a gang) on the street.

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1904 J. H. Batt Dr. Barnardo xiii. 185 There is before us, too, the grim story of little eleven-year-old John Somers, whose red hair won for him his street name, ‘Carrots’.

1973 D. Barnes See the Woman (1974) 73 His name is Frederick L. Pepper... He's got a street name of ‘Red Pepper’.

1995 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 Jan. xiii. 3 Jose, who goes by the street name Aco, was arrested for vandalism.

2007 Express (Nexis) 17 Feb. 14 Billy's street name—his graffiti tag—was Remer.

b. Originally U.S. The (slang or colloquial) name under which a drug is known or sold on the street.

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1967 Modesto (Calif.) Bee 26 June b2 Dr. Frederick H. Meyers, professor of pharmacology at the University of California,..said STP is the ‘street name’ for the drug and the name means ‘absolutely nothing’.

1985 San Francisco Chron. 6 Dec. 3/4 The cocaine freebase, the purest..form of coke, goes by a number of street names—crack, rock, pasta, basa.

1996 G. Bowen Killing Spring iii. 41 Amyl nitrites. The street name is poppers. They dilate the blood vessels.

2007 Daily Tel. 26 Apr. 6/6 Also known by the street names ‘ice’ and ‘Nazi crack’, crystal meth is a highly addictive substance that affects the central nervous system.

3. U.S. Stock Market. The name of a firm, bank, or dealer in which stock is held on behalf of the purchaser.

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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > dealer in stocks and shares > name holding stock on behalf of another

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street name1923

1923 C. O. Hardy Risk & Risk-bearing viii. 131 In the case of non-dividend stocks, no inconvenience results from leaving the stock in ‘street name’, and frequently the stock is so left even when bought by investors and taken out of the market.

1933 North Western Reporter 246 664/2 Evidence sustained finding that customer's repudiation of broker's purchase of stock in ‘street name’, instead of customer's name, was made within reasonable time.

1976 E. Stewart Launch! (1977) 35 I want to know how much the brokerage houses are holding in street names.

2003 D. L. Scott Wall St. Words (ed. 3) 363 A security is held in street name to simplify trading because no delivery of or signature on the certificate is required, or because the certificate is being used as collateral in a margin account.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	street name
释义	street namen. Brit. /ˈstriːt ˌneɪm/, U.S. /ˈstrit ˌneɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: street n., name n. Etymology: < street n. + name n. In sense 3 after Wall Street n. 1. The name of a street; a representation of this on a sign, typically placed at the end of a street. ΚΠ 1830 Arcana Sci. & Art 32 Enamelled street names. Recently the names of the streets in Paris have been put up on enamelled plates, the ground being blue and the letters white. 1844 Times 11 Oct. 7/6 Confusion arises from the multiplication of the same street names. We find in a London Directory 28 King-streets. 1914 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Psychopathol. Everyday Life ii. 24 I had hopelessly forgotten the street name and address connected with a disagreeable visit in a strange city. 1972 J. McClure Caterpillar Cop iii. 42 Kramer..took the Durban road, watching the street names on his left. 2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 Mar. v. 6/2 Text-to-speech units will pronounce street names, such as ‘turn right on Main Street’. 2. a. A name or alias given to or used by a person (now esp. a member of a gang) on the street. ΚΠ 1904 J. H. Batt Dr. Barnardo xiii. 185 There is before us, too, the grim story of little eleven-year-old John Somers, whose red hair won for him his street name, ‘Carrots’. 1973 D. Barnes See the Woman (1974) 73 His name is Frederick L. Pepper... He's got a street name of ‘Red Pepper’. 1995 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 Jan. xiii. 3 Jose, who goes by the street name Aco, was arrested for vandalism. 2007 Express (Nexis) 17 Feb. 14 Billy's street name—his graffiti tag—was Remer. b. Originally U.S. The (slang or colloquial) name under which a drug is known or sold on the street. ΚΠ 1967 Modesto (Calif.) Bee 26 June b2 Dr. Frederick H. Meyers, professor of pharmacology at the University of California,..said STP is the ‘street name’ for the drug and the name means ‘absolutely nothing’. 1985 San Francisco Chron. 6 Dec. 3/4 The cocaine freebase, the purest..form of coke, goes by a number of street names—crack, rock, pasta, basa. 1996 G. Bowen Killing Spring iii. 41 Amyl nitrites. The street name is poppers. They dilate the blood vessels. 2007 Daily Tel. 26 Apr. 6/6 Also known by the street names ‘ice’ and ‘Nazi crack’, crystal meth is a highly addictive substance that affects the central nervous system. 3. U.S. Stock Market. The name of a firm, bank, or dealer in which stock is held on behalf of the purchaser. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > dealer in stocks and shares > name holding stock on behalf of another nominee1869 street name1923 1923 C. O. Hardy Risk & Risk-bearing viii. 131 In the case of non-dividend stocks, no inconvenience results from leaving the stock in ‘street name’, and frequently the stock is so left even when bought by investors and taken out of the market. 1933 North Western Reporter 246 664/2 Evidence sustained finding that customer's repudiation of broker's purchase of stock in ‘street name’, instead of customer's name, was made within reasonable time. 1976 E. Stewart Launch! (1977) 35 I want to know how much the brokerage houses are holding in street names. 2003 D. L. Scott Wall St. Words (ed. 3) 363 A security is held in street name to simplify trading because no delivery of or signature on the certificate is required, or because the certificate is being used as collateral in a margin account. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830
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