arbitrage

noun
/ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹɑʒ/US

Etymology

An unadapted borrowing from French arbitrage, from arbitrer (“to arbitrate”); see arbitrate.

  1. derived from arbitrage

Definitions

  1. A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is…

    A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets.

    • But in recent years, for reasons we shall develop later, the field of "arbitrages and workouts" became riskier and less profitable.
  2. Arbitration.

  3. To employ arbitrage

    • He has arbitraged by purchasing in one market and simultaneously selling the same or similar merchandise in another market.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among

      • Indeed, as banks become more adept at internal risk classifications, their incentives to arbitrage economic and regulatory capital can only increase

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