Bourse Definition

bo͝ors
bourses
noun
An exchange where securities or commodities are regularly bought and sold.
Webster's New World
The stock exchange of Paris or of any of certain other European cities.
Webster's New World
A sale, as of coins or postage stamps, by dealers at a convention, exhibit, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Bourse

Noun

Singular:
bourse
Plural:
bourses

Origin of Bourse

  • French purse, bourse from Late Latin bursa bag bursa

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French bourse. Compare burse.

    From Wiktionary

Bourse Sentence Examples

  • By the end of 1901 the price of Italian stock on the Paris Bourse had, however, risen to par or thereabouts.

  • The Senne was bricked in, and the fine boulevards du Nord, Anspach, Hainaut and Midi took the place of slums. The Bourse and the post-office are two fine modern buildings in this quarter of the city.

  • Bruges was at the height of its prosperity in the 14th century, when it was the northern counterpart of Venice and its Bourse regulated the rate of exchange in Europe.

  • At the Elysee, Morny, adulterine son of Hortense, a hero of the Bourse and successful gambler, supported his half-brother by his energy and counsels.

  • So let me explain why an Iranian oil bourse will not work for the foreseeable future.

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Words Starting With

BBOBOU

Words Ending With

ESERSE

Unscrambles

bourse

Words Starting With B and Ending With E

Starts With B & Ends With EStarts With BO & Ends With EStarts With B & Ends With SE

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With B6 Letter Words Ending With E