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COULISSE (
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French for " groove," from couler, to slide)  , a
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term for a groove in which a
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gate of a sluice, or the
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side-scenes in a
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theatre, slide up and down, hence applied to the space on the
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stage between the wings, and generally to that
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part of the theatre " behind the scenes " and out of view of the public . It is also a term of the
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Paris
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Bourse, derived from a
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coulisse, or passage in which transactions were carried on without the authorized agents de
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change . The name coulissier was thus given to unauthorized agents de change, or " outside brokers " who, after many attempts at suppression, were finally given a recognized status in 1901 . They bring business to the agents de change, and
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act as intermediaries between them and other parties .

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