Bourse
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Bourse
French for a stock market.
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bourse
The common name for a securities exchange located in Europe.
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Bourse.
Bourse is the French term for a stock exchange, meaning, literally, purse. The national stock market of France, a totally electronic market, is known as the Paris Bourse.
The term is used throughout Europe and worldwide as a synonym for stock exchange, though it generally isn't used in the United States.
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