Wall Street /ˈwɔl-/
 華爾街
 Wall Street. A street towards the southern end of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, extending from Broadway to the East River; -- so called from the old wall which extended along it when the city belonged to the Dutch. It is the chief financial center of the United States, hence the name is often used for the money market and the financial interests of the country; -- in American financial publications, also referred to as the street.
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 Wall Street
      n 1: a street in lower Manhattan where the New York Stock
           Exchange is located; symbol of American finance [syn: Wall
           St.]
      2: used to allude to the securities industry of the United
         States [syn: the Street]