What's the difference between bourse and bouse?

Bourse


Definition:

  • (n.) An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet for business at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is established in new born chickens that the lymphocytes of the bourse of Fabricius are richer in PCG than these of the thymus.
  • (2) The biggest falls on European bourses were in Milan, where the FTSE MIB slid 549 points to 13,114 and in Madrid, where the Ibex shed 252 points to 6624.
  • (3) Bourses across Europe fell, with the FTSE 100 in London finishing down 122.7 at 6271.2.
  • (4) In the 12 months to the end of July, only 10 bourses stayed in positive territory, all of them in emerging markets.
  • (5) There were signs of this yesterday, with a big sell-off in shares on all the European bourses and a fall in the euro against the dollar to its lowest level in more than two years.
  • (6) Islam is for peace, it is kindness, sharing, that is Islam, it is not what happened, it is not what is on the TV.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Chalk messages of support at the Place de la Bourse.
  • (7) But with the Milan bourse, hammered by weeks of growing anxiety, dropping another 5%, and the yield on government bonds leaping beyond 7%, panic overspilled from the markets into the streets of Rome's historic centre, where Italy's big political decisions are taken.
  • (8) Eight reasons why China’s currency crisis matters to us all Read more The drops on both sides of the Atlantic mirrored stock markets across Asia-Pacific markets early on Friday after they went into “panic mode” when further signs of a weakening Chinese economy compounded overnight losses on Wall Street and European bourses .
  • (9) Since Juventus and Lazio are quoted companies, yesterday's verdicts were held until after the closure of the Milan bourse.
  • (10) The rally on the Athens market was mirrored at other European bourses, with shares in Germany, France and Spain all up by almost 4%.
  • (11) Other European bourses were affected by the gloomy mood.
  • (12) "He offered stones to one or two of our members," says Harry Levy, vice-president of the London Diamond Bourse, the city's most exclusive commodity exchange.
  • (13) It was only in the last week of July 1914 – once Austria-Hungary had delivered its ultimatum to Serbia – that bourses woke up to the fact that the assassination in Sarajevo had the potential to lead to a war involving all the great European powers.
  • (14) It is the same heart that is hurt, the same sadness.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Women stick plastic butterfly decorations near peace messages at the memorial on Place de la Bourse.
  • (15) The Milan bourse opened fractionally higher, consolidating its position as the best-performing leading stock market in Europe so far this year.
  • (16) On top of the regulators' measures failing to achieve their aim of halting the collapse in indices, the embargoes were viewed by experts as actually increasing volatility in the markets – which only intensified the tension and apprehension in global bourses.
  • (17) Since the crash, without anyone in the real world noticing, they have found success in a new role: as the places where the capital’s new class of plutocrats like to do business; the unofficial bourses of London’s transformation into the richest city in the world.
  • (18) Bourses in Frankfurt and Paris had even worse days, both closing down more than 3%.
  • (19) Spain's 10-year bond yield: down 0.321 percentage points at 6.13% Italian 10-year bond yield: down 0.147 percentage points at 5.396% Updated at 3.25pm BST 2.54pm BST Italian stock market gyrates You could have made (or lost) a small fortune on the Milan bourse in the half-hour or so between 2.30 and 3.30 local time.
  • (20) A steady stream of people came to the Bourse, no longer used as a stock exchange, some bearing flowers.

Bouse


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. See Booze.
  • (n.) Drink, esp. alcoholic drink; also, a carouse; a booze.

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