Meanings
plural bourses
- A stock exchange.
Euronext, the first euro-zone crossborder bourse, makes its debut
2000, “France”, in Country Finance, Economist Intelligence Unit, page 301 more example
In brief, Le Chiffre plans, we believe, to follow the example of most other desperate till-robbers and make good the deficit in his accounts by gambling. The 'Bourse' is too slow.
1953, Ian Fleming, “Dossier for M”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 17- figurativelyAny place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourse.
- hobbiesA meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
- biologyThe 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Ancient Greekβύρσα
- Latinbursa
- Old Frenchborse
- Frenchbourse
- Englishbourse
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.
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Polish giełda, giełda
- giełdaplace where the value of a thing is settled
- giełdaphilately: meeting of stamp collectors for the exchange of stamps and covers
- poduszeczka kwiatostanowabotany: The swollen basal part of an inflorescence axis at the onset of fruit development
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Cite this entry
bourse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourse
“bourse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourse. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bourse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourse.
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