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Synonyms for bourse


Grammar : Noun
Spell : boo rs
Phonetic Transcription : bʊərs

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Définition of bourse

Origin :
  • "stock exchange," 1570s, burse, from Old French borse "money bag, purse" (12c.), from Medieval Latin bursa "a bag" (see purse (n.)). French spelling and modern sense of "exchange for merchants" is first recorded 1845, from the name of the Paris stock exchange. The term originated because in 13c. Bruges the sign of a purse (or perhaps three purses), hung on the front of the house where merchants met.
  • As in stock market : noun stock exchange
  • As in stock exchange : noun stock market
Example sentences :
  • He got "Sunday specials" out of them both, and then went on to the Bourse de Travail.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • In consequence of his views, he was known on the Bourse as "bear" Moser.
  • Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
  • There was the gossip of the Bourse and the cabinet, the green-room and the stable.
  • Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
  • Now, the Cascine is to the world of society what the Bourse is to the world of trade.
  • Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
  • The sharks on the Bourse and the sharp men of business are just as dishonest.
  • Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux
  • Do you mean to tell me that you have business on the Bourse at midnight?
  • Extract from : « The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II (of 2) » by Alexandre Dumas pre
  • The men in general remained on their legs apart, conversing as if they were on the Bourse.
  • Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • Already evil rumours, vague as yet, were going the round of the Bourse.
  • Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet
  • Just look under the peristyle at the Bourse from three to five.
  • Extract from : « The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Alphonse Daudet
  • In the Paris Bourse all agents are strictly forbidden to trade on their own account.
  • Extract from : « Up To Date Business » by Various
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