Wall Street
noun /ˈwɔːl striːt/
/ˈwɔːl striːt/
[uncountable]- the US financial centre and stock exchange in New York City (used to refer to the business that is done there)
- Share prices fell on Wall Street today.
- Wall Street responded quickly to the news.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryWall Street is used before these nouns:- analyst
- type
Word Originnamed after a wooden stockade which was built in 1653 around the original Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.