Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bourse

Bourse ({not transcribed}) , noun

[French bourse purse, exchange, Late Latin bursa, from Greek{not transcribed} skin, hide, of which a purse was usually made. Compare Purse, Burse.]

An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet for business at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris.