Bourse

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bourse \Bourse\, n. [F. bourse purse, exchange, LL. bursa, fr.
     Gr.? skin, hide, of which a purse was usually made. Cf.
     {Purse}, {Burse}.]
     An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet
     for business at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of
     Paris.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Bourse
       n : the stock exchange in Paris

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "bourse":
     American Stock Exchange, Amex, Wall Street, board,
     commodity exchange, corn pit, curb, curb exchange, curb market,
     exchange, exchange floor, outside market, over-the-counter market,
     pit, quotation board, stock exchange, stock market, stock ticker,
     telephone market, the Big Board, the Exchange, third market,
     ticker, ticker tape, wheat pit