bourse
noun
a stock exchange, especially the stock exchange of certain European cities.
bourse
American
[boors]
/ bʊərs /
noun
Bourse
British
/ bʊəs /
noun
Etymology
Origin of bourse
1835–45; < French: literally, purse; see bursa
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In recent years, the LSE, alongside the U.K.’s finance and markets regulators, has ushered in a suite of rule changes in an effort to turn the beleaguered bourse around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The lender, which relisted on London’s bourse last year, posted a second-half performance that was in line with expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
She added the bourse operator would "carefully consider" market calls to broaden the scope of confidential IPO filings.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
It saw a rebound in early Wednesday business, rising around 1.5 percent on the Paris bourse.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
According to Diez, from Latin funda, a sling, or a purse, which has also given the French bourse and Spanish bolsa, an assembly of paying persons.
From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
For Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, who heads the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation, the UAE has not changed its Iran strategy, but it is under US pressure to contribute to the US economic sanctions campaign.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Releasing some of the cash would allow Iran’s leaders to increase the value of the country’s currency and lower inflation, said Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, chief executive of the economics-focused think tank, the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
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 ● Sep. 22, 2023
From its 18th-century origins as a marketplace, the Bourse went through many incarnations of form and use, including futures trading, but in 1998, the computerization of the futures market left the monument without a use.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
Now the Bourse directs the world and governs the State.
From The Jew by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski
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