bourse

Meaning

Noun

• A stock exchange.
• A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
• The swollen basal part of an inflorescence axis at the onset of fruit development; it bears leaves whose axillary buds differentiate and may grow out as shoots.

Origin

• Borrowed from French bourse, from Old French borse, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα. purse, compare Danish børs, Swedish börs, German Börse. See also bursar.