bourse

(bo̵ors)

noun

    1. an exchange where securities or commodities are regularly bought and sold
    2. the stock exchange of Paris or of any of certain other European cities
  1. a sale, as of coins or postage stamps, by dealers at a convention, exhibit, etc.

Origin: Fr, a purse, exchange < OFr borse < ML bursa, a bag: see purse

See bourse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A stock exchange, especially one in a continental European city.

Origin:

Origin: French, purse, bourse

Origin: , from Late Latin bursa, bag; see bursa

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