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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)

, ar·bi·traged, ar·bi·trag·ing.
  1. Finance. to engage in arbitrage.

arbitrage

/ ˈɑːbɪˌtrɑːʒ; ˌɑːbɪtræˈʒɜː; ˈɑːbɪtrɪdʒ /

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



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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 arbitrārī; 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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Example Sentences

In the offline world, roll-ups often achieve much greater exit multiples, known as “multiple arbitrage,” so it’s no surprise that the trend is making its way online.

There is a fundamental misalignment in the current model of SPAC that has led to an arbitrage that we haven’t seen in many, many, many years.

They may be hulking, legacy businesses, but the agency holding groups represent something that’s like catnip to private equity investors — an arbitrage opportunity.

From Digiday

Call it a kind of pandemic arbitrage, said Jeffrey Bank, chief executive officer of Alicart Restaurant Group, which owns destination eateries including Carmine’s in New York and in the Tropicana Atlantic City.

From Fortune

If you’re a DR media buyer, you saw a value arbitrage opportunity mid March-April as a bunch of brands pulled out of market.

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In essence, the trading represented an arbitrage of the speed of light itself.

Our top two cities reflect the importance of  this arbitrage opportunity.

Earlier this year, Richard Gere received plenty of kudos for his shady CEO in Arbitrage.

In financial markets, arbitrage is all about trading that minimizes risk and maximizes returns.

Channeling his best Madoff—with a dash of Paulson and Falcone—Richard Gere plays a sneaky financier in ‘Arbitrage.’

Like operations in exchange arbitrage, there is no limit to the number of kinds of business in which "futures" may figure.

They had no relation to the ebb and flow of commerce as modern arbitrage transactions have.

Arbitrage operations are for these reasons resorted to frequently by one country in supplying the requirements of another.

In ordinary times those engaged in arbitrage operate with a very small margin of profit.

Arbitrage operations with distant countries such as India are large and mainly profitable.

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