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arbitrage

Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹɑʒ/

The English word “arbitrage” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. 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.
  2. Arbitration.

verb

  1. To employ arbitrage
  2. To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among

Etymology

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

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