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Webster 1913 Edition


Bourse


Bourse

,
Noun.
[F.
bourse
purse, exchange, LL.
bursa
, fr. Gr.[GREEK] skin, hide, of which a purse was usually made. Cf.
Purse
,
Burse
.]
An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet for business at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris.

Definition 2024


Bourse

Bourse

See also: bourse and boursé

Luxembourgish

Noun

Bourse f (plural Boursen)

  1. stock market, stock exchange
  2. bursary, grant

bourse

bourse

See also: Bourse and boursé

English

Noun

bourse (plural bourses)

  1. A stock exchange.
    1. (figuratively) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
      • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:bourse.
  2. (philately) A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.

Translations


French

Etymology

From Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, hide).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buʁs/

Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

  1. (obsolete) purse
  2. money
  3. financial grant
  4. bourse, stock exchange
  5. (in the plural) the scrotum
  6. (in the plural, slang) balls
    • Ca remonte à quand, la dernière fois que tu t'es vidé les bourses ?

Derived terms

Descendants

References


Middle French

Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

  1. bag or purse

Norman

Etymology

From Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, hide).

Pronunciation

Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

  1. (Jersey) mermaid's purse
  2. (Jersey) shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
  3. (Jersey) corn salad (Valerianella locusta)

Synonyms