Bourse

Bourse

The name is derived from the 13th-century inn named Ter Beurze in Bruges, Belgium where traders and foreign merchants from across Europe conducted business in the late medieval period.

bourse
noun \'bu?rs\
Definition of BOURSE
1
: exchange 5a; specifically : a European stock exchange
2
: a sale of numismatic or philatelic items on tables (as at a convention)
Origin of BOURSE
Middle French, literally, purse, from Medieval Latin bursa — more at purse
First Known Use: 1597