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bourse

stock exchange

noun BOORS Less Common
People & Society Money

Origin: named after the Van der Beurse family of Bruges

Also means

scholarship

Usage Note

Bourse has two main meanings: the financial stock market (la Bourse de Paris) and a scholarship or grant (une bourse d'études). Context always disambiguates. The idiom tenir les cordons de la bourse (to hold the purse strings) means to control the money.

Examples

"Les actions ont chuté à la Bourse aujourd'hui."

Natural Translation

Shares fell on the stock exchange today.

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