Bourse
21bourse — The French name for a stock exchange (from the French bourse, purse). The Bourse usually refers to the stock exchange in Paris (see Paris Bourse), but some other stock markets are also known by this name, e. g. the Bourse de Genève, the Bourse de …
22bourse — French for stock exchange. The word Bourse is thought to originate from the town of Bruges in Belgium. In the early 13th century, merchants from the main commercial centres, particularly from Genoa and Venice, used to gather in front of the house …
23Bourse — A market organized for the purpose of buying and selling securities, commodities, options and other investments. A bourse is more commonly known as a stock exchange. The word bourse is based on the house, belonging to Van der Burse, where… …
24Bourse — A term of French origin used to refer to stock markets. The New York Times Financial Glossary French for a stock market. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * bourse bourse [bʊəs ǁ bʊrs] noun [countable] FINANCE the French word for a stockmarket,… …
25bourse — noun a) stock exchange b) 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,… …
26bourse — [[t]bu͟ː(r)s[/t]] bourses N COUNT, also in names A country s or region s bourse is its stock exchange …
27bourse — (boorss) [French: purse] A stock exchange or money market of some European cities. Soon after Lindbergh landed an employee of the Bourse telegraph office arrived with more than 700 cablegrams for him The New York Times, May 22, 1927 …
28Bourse — /bʊəs/ (say boouhs) noun 1. the, the Paris stock exchange. 2. (sometimes lower case) a stock exchange, often in a non English speaking country: the bourse in Lima was shut. {French: originally, purse, from Late Latin bursa, from Greek byrsa hide} …
29Bourse — n. 1 (Bourse) the Paris equivalent of the Stock Exchange. 2 a money market. Etymology: F, = purse, f. med.L bursa: cf. PURSE(1) …
30Bourse (economie) — Bourse (économie) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bourse. La Bourse de Bruxelles, terminée en 1873. Un …
