Definition

1. Noun:
   • The official name of a public road or thoroughfare: A "street name" is the designated identifier for a road, such as "Main Street" or "Elm Avenue."
   • The name of a brokerage firm in which securities are registered: In finance, a "street name" refers to the practice of holding a customer's stocks or bonds under the name of the broker-dealer or bank, rather than the customer's personal name.
   • A slang term for something, especially an illegal drug: A "street name" is an alternative, commonly used slang term for a substance, particularly within illicit drug culture.
   • An alternative name adopted or given to a person, especially in an urban neighborhood: A "street name" can be a nickname or alias used by a person within a specific community.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The street name changed from "3rd Avenue" to "Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard."
  • For convenience and faster trading, my shares are held in a street name by my brokerage.
  • "Speed" is a common street name for methamphetamine.
  • Everyone in the neighborhood knows him by his street name, "Tiny."

Advanced Usage

• "Held in street name": A standard financial practice where a brokerage firm is the nominal owner of securities for the benefit of the actual investor.
  • The advantage of having your securities held in street name is the ease of transfer and sale.

Variants and Related Words

• Street (n): A public road in a city or town.
• Name (n): A word or set of words by which a person, place, or thing is known.

Synonyms

• For a road: Thoroughfare name, road name.
• In finance: Nominee name, account name.
• For slang: Alias, moniker, slang term, nickname.

Related Phrases

• Do business under a street name: To operate a company using a trade name different from the legal name.
  • The café does business under the street name "The Daily Grind."

Related Idioms

• A household name: A very well-known name (contrasts with the more specific or localized "street name").
  • That brand is now a household name.

Noun

1. the name of a street
2. the name of a brokerage firm in which stock is held on behalf of a customer
   • all my stocks are held in street name
3. slang for something (especially for an illegal drug)
   • `smack' is a street name for heroin
4. an alternative name that a person chooses or is given (especially in inner city neighborhoods)
   • her street name is Bonbon