Bourse

October 17, 2018

Look Up Every Unfamiliar Word You See

The title and first paragraph of an article published by The Korea TimesWill Money Move to Bourse From Real Estate?—uses the word ‘bourse’:

“Some stock investors expect investment funds to flow from real estate to the bourse after the government's announcement of tough regulations to stabilize housing prices.”

From Wiktionary—bourse:

Noun

  1. A stock exchange.
  2. Figuratively, any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
  3. Philately, a meeting of stamp collectors and dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.

Etymonline.com on bourse.

Wikipedia on bourse.


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