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WALL STREET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used to allude to the securities industry of the United States
Synonyms:
the Street; Wall Street
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Wall Street" is a kind of...):
market; securities industry (the securities markets in the aggregate)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A street in lower Manhattan where the New York Stock Exchange is located; symbol of American finance
Synonyms:
Wall St.; Wall Street
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
street (a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings)
Holonyms ("Wall Street" is a part of...):
Manhattan (one of the five boroughs of New York City)