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Definition of Arbitrage
1. Noun. 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.
2. Verb. Practice arbitrage, as in the stock market.
Generic synonyms: Merchandise, Trade
Derivative terms: Arbitrager
Definition of Arbitrage
1. n. Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.
Definition of Arbitrage
1. Noun. The practice of quickly buying and selling foreign currencies in different markets in order to make a profit ¹
2. Noun. The purchase of the stock of a future takeover target, with the expectation that the stock will be sold to the person executing the takeover at a higher price ¹
3. Noun. Any market activity in which a commodity is bought and then sold quickly, for a profit which substantially exceeds the transaction cost ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive finance) To employ arbitrage ¹
5. Verb. (transitive finance) To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arbitrage
1. [v -TRAGED, -TRAGING, -TRAGES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arbitrage
Literary usage of Arbitrage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Foreign Exchange by Albert Conser Whitaker (1919)
"Two-point arbitrage is arbitrage which embraces transactions in exchange at two
... It is arbitrage, as distinguished from a mere transfer of funds, ..."
2. OECD Economics Glossary: English-French = Glossaire de L'économie de L'OCDE by Oecd, SourceOECD (Online service) (2006)
"Cette définition est en cours de révision en vue de son élargissement] [EMO, FIS,
STA] arbitrage l. arbitrage [Nota.• syn. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"arbitrage (from the French arbitrer, in the secondary sense of comparing and
settling accounts, derived in its turn from the primary sense of arbitrating ..."
4. Flexibility in Natural Gas Supply and Demand by Sylvie Cornot-Gandolphe (2002)
"arbitrage between the electricity and gas markets functions this way: when the
market price of electricity is higher than the price of gas at the power ..."
5. The Crime by Richard Grelling (1918)
"In this earlier stage Zorn endeavoured in every way to replace the "Cour d'arbitrage
permanente" by a "Cour d'arbitrage oc- ..."
6. Practical Bank Operation by Loyd Helvetius Langston, First National City Bank of New York (1921)
"arbitrage Transactions Since the bank buys and sells in all the markets of ...
arbitrage transactions in foreign exchange can best be explained by the use ..."
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