Today’s “Word of the Day” is bourse and it is a noun meaning “stock exchange (specifically an exchange in Europe, excluding the UK), stock market, securities exchange, money market; (bourse/stock exchange is an organized marketplace where financial securities (such as shares of stock, bonds, and other financial instruments) issued by companies are bought and sold by stockbrokers and traders)”.
Example Sentence: In Mumbai, between 2013 and 2016, Chitra Ramkrishna, then chairperson of (National Stock Exchange) NSE, India’s largest bourse, claims to have been in the thrall (control) of a holy man in the Himalayas who pulled her strings remotely and stage-managed high appointments, princely salaries, and full access to the National Stock Exchange databases.
This word is present in The Hindu article The holy hoax and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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