street name

[ street neym ]

noun

1. a familiar or slang name of a narcotic drug:

   A street name for phencyclidine is “angel dust.”

2. 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.

Word 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

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

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

From BBC

The street name is a character, too, and it tees up the easy tropes about the “dark side of Hollywood.”

From Los Angeles Times

There’s a big red smear near the bottom right corner but through the ink I make out one street name near the red smudge: High Street.

From Literature

Yarl mixed up the street name of the house where he was sent to pick up his siblings.

From Seattle Times