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Definition: BURSE |
BURSENoun1. A kind of bazaar. 2. An exchange, for merchants and bankers, in the cities of continental Europe. Same as Bourse. 3. An ornamental case of hold the corporal when not in use. 4. A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries. 5. A purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull. |
Etymology: Burse \Burse\, noun. [from Late Latin expression bursa, or French bourse. See Bourse, and compare to Bursch, Purse.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: BURSE |
| Etymologies containing "BURSE": Bourse, Bursa, Bursar, Bursch, Bursiculate ♦ Imburse. (references) |
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BURSE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Burse | Last name | 1,000 | 9,998 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
burse | 20 |
burse zola | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BURSE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Manx | sporran (apron, apron of crab, bursa, purse, sporran). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ursebay стипендія (bursary, scholarship, stipend, studentship), фонд для стипендій, гаманець (budget, pouch, purse, wallet). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BURSE": burseed, burseeds, bursera, burses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "BURSE": disburse, reimburse. (additional references) | |
Words containing "BURSE": disbursed, disbursement, disbursements, disburser, disbursers, disburses, reimbursed, reimbursement, reimbursements, reimburses. (additional references) | |
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"BURSE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Barse, berseem, beurse, Beurze, Birsel, Borsay, Brusa, bruse, buase, buerse, buise, bure, bures, Buresova, burme, Buroe, Burpee, bursal, burser, bursk, bursy, burue, Burza, buse, durse, vurse. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "BURSE" (pronounced ber"s) |
| 3 | b er" s | disburse, reimburse. |
| 2 | -er" s | adverse, averse, coerce, curse, disperse, diverse, hearse, immerse, intersperse, inverse, nurse, obverse, perse, perverse, purse, rehearse, reverse, submerse, terse, transverse, verse, worse. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: rebus, rubes, suber. | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: burs, rebs, rube, rubs, rues, ruse, suer, sure, urbs, user. | |
-2 letters: bur, bus, ers, reb, res, rub, rue, ser, sub, sue, urb, use. | |
-3 letters: be, er, es, re, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: abuser, bourse, bruise, brumes, brutes, burets, buries, burkes, bursae, burses, busher, busier, busker, buster, buyers, cubers, exurbs, rebuts, rebuys, redubs, rubies, rubles, subers, superb, tubers, umbers. | |
+2 letters: abjures, abusers, arbutes, barques, becrust, becurse, becurst, bedrugs, bescour, blusher, bluster, bournes, bourses, brogues, bruised, bruiser, bruises, brunets, brushed, brusher, brushes, brusker, brusque, buckers, budders, budgers, buffers, buggers, buglers, bulgers, bummers, bumpers, bunkers, bunters, burbles, burdens, burdies, bureaus, burgees, burgers, burgess, burgles, buriers, burkers, burlers, burlesk, burleys, burners, burnets, burnies, burrers, bursate, burseed, bursera, bursted, burster, bushers, bushier, buskers, busters, bustier, butlers, butters, buzzers, cherubs, cumbers, curbers, daubers, dubbers, embrues, erbiums, fubsier, imbrues, lubbers, lumbers, numbers, obscure, obtuser, ourebis, rebuffs, rebukes, rebuses, redbuds, redbugs, rosebud, roubles, rubaces, rubasse, rubbers, rubbles, rubiest, rudesby, rugbies, rumbles, slubber, slumber, snubber, subarea, subduer, suberic, suberin, subrace, subrent, subrule, subsere, subtler, subvert, subzero, surbase, tubbers, unbears, unrobes, unsober, upbears. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 55 52 53 45 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- .-. ... . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01010101 01010010 01010011 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B U R S E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0055 0052 0053 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3655525339 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, менський, менський діалект |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Names: Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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