arbitrage
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.
» The boardroom grew restive when the CEO discussed complex arbitrage strategies no one fully understood.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Arbitration.
- a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
Examples
1 sentencesThe boardroom grew restive when the CEO discussed complex arbitrage strategies no one fully understood.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
An unadapted borrowing from French arbitrage, from arbitrer (“to arbitrate”); see arbitratAn unadapted borrowing from French arbitrage, from arbitrer (“to arbitrate”); see arbitrate.
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Forms
plural: arbitrages| Singular | arbitrage |
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Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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