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Wall Street definition - finance
Literally, the financial district in downtown New York City. The name is taken from the street on which the New York Stock Exchange is located. The NYSEÂ’s address is 11 Wall Street. However, investors typically use the term to refer to the investment communityÂ’s stock market and capital raising activities overall, even though much of the industry activity takes place at other stock markets and in other cities.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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