bourse
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Definition of bourse
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A stock exchange.
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noun
- A stock exchange.
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(figuratively)A stock exchange.
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourse.”
- A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
- The swollen basal part of an inflorescence axis at the onset of fruit development; it bears leaves whose axillary buds differentiate and may grow out as shoots.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French bourse, from Old French borse, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of purse, compare Danish børs, Swedish börs, German Börse. See also bursar.
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