bourse
pronunciation
How to pronounce bourse in British English:
UK [bʊəs]
How to pronounce bourse in American English:
US [bʊrs]
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- Noun:
- the stock exchange in Paris
Word Origin
- bourse (n.)
- "stock exchange," 1570s, burse, from Old French borse "money bag, purse" (12c.), from Medieval Latin bursa "a bag" (see purse (n.)). French spelling and modern sense of "exchange for merchants" is first recorded 1845, from the name of the Paris stock exchange. The term originated because in 13c. Bruges the sign of a purse (or perhaps three purses), hung on the front of the house where merchants met.
Example
- 1. And it is coming to a bourse near you soon .
- 2. It also built an imposing stock exchange , though there is no bourse .
- 3. The top 40 companies on the paris bourse have been pulling in record profits .
- 4. The offer will give the london bourse access to the growing market for central clearing .
- 5. The decision to create an integrated regional bourse with peru and chile will attract more money .