Bourse
WordNet
noun
(1) The stock exchange in Paris
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From borse
Most likely from a man Van der Burse, outside whose house in Bruges (Flemish port) traders met. Perhaps from the Latin bursa meaning bag.
Noun
- stock exchange
- A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged. A bourse usually has no competitive exhibits of stamps or covers. Almost all public stamp exhibitions include a dealer bourse, though many bourses are held without a corresponding exhibition.
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Noun
- purse
- its money content
- financial grant, such as a scholarship
- bourse, stock exchange or other commercial exchange
- bourse, trade fair or non-commercial fair