Arbitrage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹɑʒ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Arbitrage is a noun meaning (intransitive, finance) To employ arbitrage.
Meaning
(intransitive, finance) To employ arbitrage.
More Meanings
- (transitive, finance) To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among
- (finance) 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) Arbitration.
Example Sentences
He has arbitraged by purchasing in one market and simultaneously selling the same or similar merchandise in another market.
But in recent years, for reasons we shall develop later, the field of "arbitrages and workouts" became riskier and less profitable.
Indeed, as banks become more adept at internal risk classifications, their incentives to arbitrage economic and regulatory capital can only increase
Word Forms
- arbitrages
- arbitraging
- arbitraged
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include arbiter, refereeing, arbitrate, arbitration, arbitral, adjudicative.
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