stock market bourse
- noun
- /stɑk ˈmɑrkɪt bʊrs/
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bolsa de valores
- The stock market bourse is where shares are traded daily by investors and brokers.
Examples
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The stock market bourse opened to mixed reactions following the economic report.
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The stock market bourse is experiencing a significant downturn.
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Foreign investors are closely watching developments at the main stock market bourse.
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She works as an analyst at the country's largest stock market bourse.
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Many investors are worried about the stock market bourse today.
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Investors are optimistic about the future of the stock market bourse after recent gains.
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Analysts predict that the stock market bourse will recover from its recent slump within months.
Synonyms
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The system where people buy and sell stocks and bonds
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A place where people buy and sell company shares
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A place where people buy and sell stocks
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A market where people buy and sell company shares through brokers
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A place where people buy and sell stocks and bonds through brokers
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A market where people buy and sell stocks and bonds
How Active
Surface Forms
Morphology
The overall meaning is directly and redundantly compositional from 'stock' (shares) + 'market'/'bourse' (places for trading), so a learner who knows the constituent words can immediately infer an organized place for trading securities. 'Bourse' is a near-synonym and a cross-linguistic cognate in many languages, which further supports immediate comprehension if the individual words are known.
Etymology
Stock market bourse uses the word bourse, which came from an old French word for a 'purse' and for places where people met to deal with money. Picture traders gathering around a purse, handing money and papers; so stock market bourse now means an organized market where stocks are 'bought and sold'.