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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 334 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOURSE (from the Med. See also:Lat. bursa, a See also:purse)  , the See also:French See also:equivalent of the Stock See also:Exchange, and so used of the See also:Paris Exchange, or of any See also:foreign See also:money-See also:market . The See also:English See also:form " burse," as in See also:Sir See also:Thomas See also:Gresham's See also:building, which was known as " See also:Britain's Burse," went out of use in the 18th See also:century, The origin of the name is doubtful; it is not derived from any. connexion between See also:purse and money, but rather from the use of a purse as a sign . At See also:Bruges a See also:house belonging to the See also:family de Bursa is said to have been first used as an Exchange, and to have had three purses as a sign on the front .

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