1835–45; < French: literally, purse; see bursa
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The bourse only raised $248 million in first nine months of the year, the lowest amount in 35 years, according to Bloomberg data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
It saw a rebound in early Wednesday business, rising around 1.5 percent on the Paris bourse.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
CVC floated on Amsterdam’s bourse in April last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2025
KK Mart has also reportedly said it had to cancel a planned listing on the Malaysian bourse due to the crisis.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
They settled in him here;" he patted his belly: "he went about bragging to everybody that he was made of money, and was nicknamed the walking bourse.
From The Frozen Pirate by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)
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
Pessimism about the economy has spread to the wider population, said Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, founder of the London-based Bourse & Bazaar Foundation think tank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
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 ● Nov. 24, 2022
The relief over the arch, representing the expulsion of the money-changers from the Temple, is also by him, and commemorates the substitution of the Lonja or Bourse for this gate as a rendezvous for merchants.
From Southern Spain by Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick)
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