STREET NAME Definition & Meaning

street name

[ street neym ]

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noun

a familiar or slang name of a narcotic drug:
A street name for phencyclidine is “angel dust.”
Stock Exchange. an arrangement in which a broker holds securities in their own name instead of in the name of the customer, especially for convenience in executing transfers and in pledging for borrowing in margin accounts:
Stocks held in street name are insured up to $500,000 by the federal government against fraud or financial failure of the brokerage company.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of street name¹

First recorded in 1830–40 for the stock exchange sense, and in 1965–70 for the narcotic drug sense

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Glyndŵr became a figurehead for Welsh nationalism and there are statues, monuments, pub and street names across Wales commemorating him.

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He mixed up similar street names - Northeast 115 Street and Northeast 115th Terrace - which put him on Lester's doorstep and about a block away from the house he was trying to find.

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He mixed up similar street names - Northeast 115 Street and Northeast 115th Terrace - which put him on Lester's doorstep and about a block away from the house he was trying to visit.

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Traditional high street names now share the centre with bubble tea shops, a noodle bar and a Korean barbecue restaurant.

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It’s not the first time that the Moscow authorities have played politics with street names after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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