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bourse definition

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
  2. 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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