1
: exchange sense 5a
specifically
: a European stock exchange
2
: a sale of numismatic or philatelic items on tables (as at a convention)
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Regional bourses kicked off the new trading month higher on Monday, with the defense and health-care sectors receiving a boost from corporate news.
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
For example, the size of equity companies have to give up, in order to list on the bourse, has been lowered.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Europe suffered its worst first half for IPO volumes in more than a decade, with bourses in Milan, Paris and Zurich seeing lower volumes than London, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 3 July 2025
Yet, a bull market in uncertainty plagues not just the JGB and U.S. Treasury markets but debt bourses everywhere.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
For example, the size of equity companies have to give up, in order to list on the bourse, has been lowered.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Europe suffered its worst first half for IPO volumes in more than a decade, with bourses in Milan, Paris and Zurich seeing lower volumes than London, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 3 July 2025
Yet, a bull market in uncertainty plagues not just the JGB and U.S. Treasury markets but debt bourses everywhere.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
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“Bourse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bourse. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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