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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)

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