bourse

noun

1
: exchange sense 5a
specifically : a European stock exchange
2
: a sale of numismatic or philatelic items on tables (as at a convention)

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Trading of Lulu Retail shares on the Abu Dhabi bourse will start on November 14. Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 Regional bourses and sectors were broadly in the red. Ryan Browne,sophie Kiderlin,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024 The pan-European Stoxx 600 traded up around 1% at 1 p.m. London time, with almost all sectors and major bourses in positive territory. Sam Meredith, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024 Last Thursday, the company debuted on the Hong Kong bourse after raising HK$5.4 billion ($695 million) in the city’s largest initial public offering so far this year. Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bourse 

Word History

Etymology

Middle French, literally, purse, from Medieval Latin bursa — more at purse

First Known Use

1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bourse was in 1609

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“Bourse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bourse. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.

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