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arbitrage

[ ahr-bi-trahzh ahr-bi-trij ]

noun

  1. Finance. the simultaneous purchase and sale of the same securities, commodities, or foreign exchange in different markets to profit from unequal prices.
  2. Archaic. arbitration.


verb (used without object)

arbitraged, arbitraging.
  1. Finance. to engage in arbitrage.

arbitrage

/ ˈɑːbɪˌtrɑːʒ; ˈɑːbɪtrɪdʒ; ˌɑːbɪtræˈʒɜː /

noun

  1. finance
    1. the purchase of currencies, securities, or commodities in one market for immediate resale in others in order to profit from unequal prices
    2. ( as modifier )

      arbitrage operations

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • arbitrageur, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of arbitrage1

1470–80; < Middle French, equivalent to arbitr ( er ) to arbitrate, regulate (< Latin ٰī; arbitrate ) + -age -age
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Word History and Origins

Origin of arbitrage1

C15: from French, from arbitrer to arbitrate
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I was selling a car that I had arbitraged to rent out on Turo, which turned out to be a poor investment.

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"Because the idea — what happens is if you leave anything off the list, the countries that tried to basically arbitrage America go through those countries to us," Lutnick said.

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Mr. Boesky brought an aggressive style to the once-sleepy world of arbitrage, the buying and selling of stocks in companies that appear to be takeover targets.

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Treasuries market would reduce liquidity risks associated with a popular hedge fund arbitrage trading strategy that could strain the broader financial markets if it unravels abruptly, said Moody's.

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"Today's rule would crack down on one avenue for regulatory arbitrage by ensuring large technology firms and other nonbank payments companies are subjected to appropriate oversight," he said.

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