Bourse
a stock exchange, especially the stock exchange of certain European cities.
Contemporary Examples
Paris’s Secret Fashion Week Haunts Liza Foreman July 7, 2014
The Rise And Fall Of Brazilian Billionaire Eike Batista Mac Margolis November 8, 2013
Historical Examples
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The History of London Walter Besant
Walter Pieterse Multatuli
The Story of Paris Thomas Okey
The Great Illusion Norman Angell
The Harbor Ernest Poole
Very Woman Remy de Gourmont
Up To Date Business Various
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a stock exchange of continental Europe, esp Paris
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