bourse
Plural: bourses
Noun
- A stock exchange, especially in non-English speaking countries.
- the stock exchange in Paris
- A stock exchange.
- A stock exchange.
- Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
- A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
- The 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.
Examples
- He treated the Scrabble board like a BOURSE, investing in high-value letters for future gains.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Scrabble Score: 8
bourse: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbourse: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bourse: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
bourse: valid Words With Friends Word