Bourse,

Definition of Bourse:

1. Today the word "bourse" is more commonly associated with the Paris stock exchange and other Euronext bourses such as in Amsterdam and Frankfurt.

2. French term for a stock exchange, used throughout the continental Europe.

3. A bourse is a market organized for the purpose of buying and selling securities, commodities, options and other investments. The term bourse is most often used in Europe and can be synonymous with an exchange. "Bourse" is based on the residence belonging to textile merchant Robert Van der Burse, where Belgian traders and financiers would gather and trade with one another in the 13th century.

4. A stock market in a non-English-speaking country, especially France.

Synonyms of 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, Stock exchange, Money market, Bourse

How to use Bourse in a sentence?

1. The term is most commonly used in Europe, with "bourse" originating from a 13th-century trading location in Bruges, Belgium outside of a home with that namesake.
2. Today, the word bourse can be found attached to exchanges such as the Paris stock exchange and the Iranian oil exchange.
3. Bourses are organized marketplaces for the trade of securities, commodities, derivatives, or other financial instruments.
4. The announcement coincided with a plunge in European stock markets as bourses revisited six-year lows.