Definitions for: Arbitrage


[n] 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
[v] practice arbitrage, as of stocks



Webster (1913) Definition: Ar"bi*trage, n. [F., fr. arbiter to give judgment,
L. arbitrari.]
1. Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.
[Archaic]

2. (Com) A traffic in bills of exchange (see Arbitration of
Exchange); also, a traffic in stocks which bear differing
values at the same time in different markets.

See Also: investing, investment, merchandise, risk arbitrage, takeover arbitrage, trade

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