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bursă

scholarship (a grant of money to a student) /ˈbur.sə/

noun#3629 most common

Also: stock exchange, grant, stipend

Example sentences

Am o bursă.
I have a scholarship.
Ea a primit o bursă de studii.
She received a study scholarship.
Bursa de valori a crescut azi.
The stock exchange rose today.
Studenții cu note mari pot obține o bursă de merit.
Students with high grades can get a merit scholarship.
Bursa de la New York a înregistrat o scădere bruscă după anunțul băncii centrale.
The New York Stock Exchange recorded a sharp drop after the central bank's announcement.
Fluctuațiile de pe bursă reflectă adesea incertitudinea investitorilor mai degrabă decât realitatea economică.
Fluctuations on the stock exchange often reflect investor uncertainty rather than economic reality.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativebursăburse
Genitiveburseiburselor
Accusativebursăburse
Vocativebursoburselor

Word family

bursierscholarship holder; relating to a scholarship
bursierăscholarship holder (feminine)
bursă de valoristock exchange
bursă de studiistudy scholarship
bursă de mărfuricommodity exchange

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "bursă" from French "bourse", which traces back to Medieval Latin "bursa", meaning purse or bag. That Latin word came from Greek "byrsa", hide or skin, since old purses were made of leather. The sense shifted over centuries from a physical purse to a sum of money set aside, then to the two modern meanings: a student grant and a marketplace for trading securities.

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