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Definition of "bourse" []

  • A stock exchange, especially one in a continental European city. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bourse" in a sentence
  • "The TSE focuses on cash stock transactions while the Osaka bourse operates a derivates trading platform that carries the widely traded Nikkei 225 share index futures contract."
  • "The value of the TSE, which isn't listed, will be calculated at around 1.7 times that of the Osaka bourse, the person said."
  • "The move was seen aimed at propping up the Kuwaiti bourse, which is up 0.8% this year."