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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Most regional sectors finished in positive territory, while major bourses in London, Paris, Frankfurt and Milan closed in the green.
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Hugh Leask,joseph Wilkins,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 June 2026
But when major stock bourses routinely trade like cryptocurrencies or meme stocks, Asia might have a problem.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
The lion’s share of crypto derivatives transactions remain on overseas bourses like Binance and Hyperliquid.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 May 2026
Canal+, which first went public on the London Stock Exchange, will join the nearly 200 non-financial private sector companies on the bourse, which is dominated by the mining and energy sectors.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 29 Apr. 2026
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Hugh Leask,joseph Wilkins,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 June 2026
But when major stock bourses routinely trade like cryptocurrencies or meme stocks, Asia might have a problem.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
The lion’s share of crypto derivatives transactions remain on overseas bourses like Binance and Hyperliquid.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 May 2026
Canal+, which first went public on the London Stock Exchange, will join the nearly 200 non-financial private sector companies on the bourse, which is dominated by the mining and energy sectors.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Bourse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bourse. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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