burse

Meaning

Noun

• A purse.
• A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies.
• An ornamental case to hold the corporal when not in use.
• A stock exchange; a bourse.
• A kind of bazaar.

Origin

• From Norman bourse, from Old French borse, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα. purse, compare French bourse ("purse, fund").