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stockbroker belt

noun [C]
 
UK

Definition

the area near London where many rich people live in large houses and from where they travel to work in the City (= the financial area of London)Financial investments and the stock marketNamed regions of countries
(Definition of stockbroker belt noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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