bourse

/bɔːs/ noun [C]

Definition

› STOCK MARKET a stock market, particularly one on the continent of Europe: Euronext is an alliance between the Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam bourses.

(Definition of bourse noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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