bourse

[ boors ]

/ bʊərs /

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noun

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

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Origin of bourse

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

Words nearby bourse

Bourne, Bournemouth, bournonite, Bournonville, bourrée, bourse, bourtree, bouse, bousouki, boustrophedon, bousy

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How to use bourse in a sentence

Although it also has assets such as the London Metal Exchange, HKEX has almost become the equivalent of the bourse, its most high-profile subsidiary.
HKEX is key to China’s plan to internationalize its economy|Jane Li|May 28, 2021|Quartz
As commodity prices soared in the early 2000s—especially those of gold and copper, in which Mongolia abounds—the nation briefly became the world’s fastest-growing economy with its best-performing bourse.
'We Face Very Tough Challenges.' How Mongolia Typifies the Problems Posed to Small Countries by China's Rise|Charlie Campbell / Shanghai|April 14, 2021|Time
Amata will be the first of at least four companies set to list on the fledgling Yangon Stock Exchange this year, according to Thet Tun Oo, executive senior manager at the bourse.
One of the world’s smallest stock exchanges is about to get a little bit bigger|Claire Zillman, reporter|January 12, 2021|Fortune
It’s the first ChiNext application to be rejected since the bourse introduced new rules in June to give firms an easier path under so-called registration-based initial public offerings.
It’s not just Ant: Chinese stock exchange turns down another IPO|Claire Zillman, reporter|November 12, 2020|Fortune

The company’s shares plunged by almost 7% this week after the company filed documents to the bourse for approval.
Why China’s prized booze company is helping bail out a highway builder|Mary Hui|September 18, 2020|Quartz
Paul Smith filled the Bourse de Commerce with its copper cupola in June for his menswear show.
Paris’s Secret Fashion Week Haunts|Liza Foreman|July 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Once the bluest chip on the São Paulo bourse, worth $35 billion in 2011, OGX is trading at a few cents a share.
The Rise And Fall Of Brazilian Billionaire Eike Batista|Mac Margolis|November 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Georges d'Estourny speculated on the Bourse with money obtained from "kept" women who trusted in him.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
Paul de Gery knew this through Joyeuse, who was now a stock-broker's accountant and well up in the doings on the Bourse.
The Nabob|Alphonse Daudet
The street which leads from the Place de la Monnaie towards the Bourse.
Belgium|George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
The price of the imperial bonds on the Bourse rose to ninety-nine, a price never afterward reached in Napoleon's day.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
This was prevented, and after two years they were compelled to submit and the Berlin Bourse was again opened.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various

British Dictionary definitions for bourse

Bourse

/ (bʊəs) /

noun

a stock exchange of continental Europe, esp Paris

Word Origin for Bourse

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

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