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Definition of arbitrage
1 : the nearly simultaneous purchase and sale of securities or foreign exchange in different markets in order to profit from price discrepancies
2 : the purchase of the stock of a takeover target especially with a view to selling it profitably to the raider
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Changing Economics Stronger prices at the origin point have helped close the arbitrage to ship gasoline from Houston to the Northeast.
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Up to Buffalo (2005) Noor (2017) June 4 Urge (2016) June 5 20th Century Women (2016) Arbitrage (2012) Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
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As market participants’ access to information increases, the traders highlighted the need to more than simply buy and sell commodities as profits from arbitrage -- or gains made from a differential in prices -- shrinks.
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The latter essentially lets universities borrow money at tax-preferred rates and pay back a lower rate of interest than their endowments make through investments, a system Eaton calls indirect tax arbitrage.
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In recent years, trading desks have been making hay with an arbitrage revenue model: buying digital ad inventory in bulk ahead of time, marking it up, and selling it back to marketers.
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The merger arbitrage index, which is compiled by HFR, declined 0.75 percent during the month.
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Origin and Etymology of arbitrage
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arbitrage
Definition of arbitrage
arbitraged
;arbitraging
intransitive verb
: to engage in arbitrage
Recent Examples of arbitrage from the Web
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Flexe is arbitraging the mismatch between supply and demand, taking a commission for each transaction.
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First Known Use of arbitrage
1857
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ARBITRAGE Defined for English Language Learners
arbitrage
playDefinition of arbitrage for English Language Learners
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business : the practice of buying something (such as foreign money, gold, etc.) in one place and selling it almost immediately in another place where it is worth more
Law Dictionary
arbitrage
playLegal Definition of arbitrage
1 : the purchase of a security, commodity, or foreign currency in one market for the purpose of immediately selling it at a higher price in another market
2 : the purchase of the stock of a takeover target especially for the purpose of selling it to the raider for a profit
Origin and Etymology of arbitrage
French, literally, arbitration, decision-making
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