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Bourse

Bourse

1 9.9
A stock market in Paris where people buy and sell company shares
  • noun
  • /bʊrs/
  • UK
translation icon : Bolsa
  • By the 1560s, the Painters' Pand had grown to around a hundred shops, filling all four sides of the Bourse gallery.
  • the New Bourse

Examples

  • The Paris Bourse saw significant trading activity today as investors reacted to the latest economic news.

  • According to this morning's opening at "la Bourse"... ...it's gone up 12 points.

  • Now the talk of the City and the Bourse.

  • As of 1994, four Chinese companies were listed on the Singapore bourse.

    Academic text (1996)
  • We have an appointment at the Bourse with Miss Falcone and the Concierge.

  • Merchants, home from the Bourse and ready to do their best to keep the price of malted barley high.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • That book dealers were immediately attracted to the Exchange is known from a city ordinance of 1533, which prohibited "itinerant booksellers" from exhibiting at the New Bourse.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Shares of luxury brands surged on the Bourse following favorable earnings reports.

  • Many companies choose to list their stocks on the Bourse to attract European investors.

Synonyms

stock market
vsBourse
255 3.1

A place where people buy and sell company shares

focuses on the European exchange meaning rather than general systems
exchange
vsBourse
  • Specialized
191 5.8

A place where people buy and sell stocks

is the term used especially in Europe for national or Paris trading venues
stock exchange
vsBourse
  • Specialized
18 3.6

A market where people buy and sell company shares through brokers

is used more in Europe to name similar organized securities markets
Euronext Paris
vsBourse
6.3

The main stock market in Paris where people buy and sell company shares

is the general European term for that kind of stock market
5.5

An organized place where people buy and sell company shares and other investments

is mainly the European word for this organized securities market

Compounds

An organized place where people buy and sell company shares and other investments

Surface Forms

Bourse singular
Bourses plural

Etymology

The word Bourse comes from an old French and Latin word bursa, which meant 'purse' or 'money bag'. That's why Bourse became the name for a market where people trade money, stocks and other financial things.