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feminine

/buʁs/

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Translation

grant, scholarship; stock exchange; purse

Word origin

From Late Latin bursa ('leather bag'), from Greek bursa ('hide'). The money bag gave its name to the student's grant and, through the Van der Beurse family of Bruges, to the stock exchange.

Origin: Greek
Root: bursa
English cognates: purse, bursary

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralbourses

Examples

She got a grant for her studies.

Grants help a great many young people.

The stock market fell this morning.

He put his money in his purse.

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Without a grant, she cannot study.

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This word is part of lesson 48.