Sentence examples for street terms from inspiring English sources

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In Wall Street terms, that's an eternity.

Its problems, in Downing Street terms, are labelled "solved".

The flow of information is unequal - asymmetric, in Wall Street terms -- between the often wealthy buyers and the low-income residents who suffer foreclosures.

THERE is something a little incongruous about hearing Oliver Stone, the left-leaning, blunt-talking film director, dropping arcane Wall Street terms like "credit default swaps" and "collateralized debt obligations".

His take-home pay from commissions was about $80,000 a year, not a windfall in Wall Street terms but a decent living for a man with working-class roots.

The curriculum includes sessions on how to dress, how to signal for help, what to do if you are forced to take drugs (it is allowed if an officer believes his life is in jeopardy), verbal judo and other street tactics, including a glossary of street terms and values for drugs.

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Wags on Wall Street termed the combination: white shoes and white socks.

The market for sovereign debt — the Wall Street term for loans to governments — is as unfettered as it is vast.

Double dip is the Wall Street term for a second recession on the heels of one that just ended.

I am going to use a street term, not that I am a bougie woman by any stretch of the imagination, but I like quality things.

The action of "Zoot Suit" revolves around the travails of Henry Reyna and other members of the 38th Street Gang of pachucos (a street term for adolescent Mexican-Americans).

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