bourse

[boors]

noun

1. a stock exchange, especially the stock exchange of certain European cities.

Bourse

/ bʊəs /

noun

1. a stock exchange of continental Europe, esp Paris

Word History and Origins

Origin of bourse¹

1835–45; < French: literally, purse; bursa

Word History and Origins

Origin of bourse¹

C19: from French, literally: purse, from Medieval Latin bursa , ultimately from Greek: leather

Example Sentences

Elemental furnishings for the Bourse de Commerce, an 18th-century commodities exchange in Paris transformed into a contemporary art museum.

From New York Times

In a day that mixed heavy rain and bursts of hot sunshine, the King was crowded round closely by visitors at a festival at the city's Place de la Bourse.

From BBC

Yet last Friday, protesters in Paris poured orange paint directly onto a silver Charles Ray sculpture outside the Bourse de Commerce contemporary art space.

From New York Times

When architects of the Bourse de Commerce designing in the Enlightenment, conceived the circular, open-air wheat exchange around 1763, the center still held.

From New York Times

The current turmoil might not spell the change in governance that many hope for, said Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, who founded Bourse & Bazaar, a news and research agency focusing on Iranian politics and economics.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• exchange