bourse
bourse definition
bourse (bo̵ors)
noun
- an exchange where securities or commodities are regularly bought and sold
- the stock exchange of Paris or of any of certain other European cities
- a sale, as of coins or postage stamps, by dealers at a convention, exhibit, etc.
Etymology: Fr, a purse, exchange < OFr borse < ML bursa, a bag: see purse
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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