bourse

Meaning

1. A stock exchange.
2. A stock exchange.
3. A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
4. 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.

Concepts

bourse

stock exchange

securities exchange

Bourse de Paris

Paris Bourse

Paris bourse

stockmarket

broker’s board

exchange

trading post

sharemarket

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɔːs/

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.