arbitrage
Syllables: ar·bi·trage/ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹɑʒ/
arbitrage noun: 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.
Noun
arbitrage (countable and uncountable, plural arbitrages)
- 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.
- But in recent years, for reasons we shall develop later, the field of "arbitrages and workouts" became riskier and less profitable.a. 1973, Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor, HarperCollins, published 2003, page 174
- Arbitration.
Verb
arbitrage (third-person singular simple present arbitrages, present participle arbitraging, simple past and past participle arbitraged)
- To employ arbitrage
- He has arbitraged by purchasing in one market and simultaneously selling the same or similar merchandise in another market.1961, Maurece Schiller, Fortunes in Special Situations in the Stock Market, page iv
- To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among
- Indeed, as banks become more adept at internal risk classifications, their incentives to arbitrage economic and regulatory capital can only increase2001, Frederic S. Mishkin, Prudential Supervision: What Works and what Doesn't, page 98
arbitrage meaning in Tamil and Urdu
arbitrage in Tamil
- மத்தியஸ்தம், விலை வேற்றுமை வாணிபம், செலாவணி விகிதத் சமநிலை, நடுவர் தீர்ப்பு
arbitrage in Urdu
- ثالثی
Forms of arbitrage
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | arbitrages |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | arbitrages |
| present participle | arbitraging |
| past participle | arbitraged |
| past | arbitraged |
Origin of arbitrage
An unadapted borrowing from French arbitrage, from arbitrer (“to arbitrate”); see arbitrate.
Words formed from arbitrage
Phrases with arbitrage
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Questions about arbitrage
- What does arbitrage mean?
- Arbitrage means 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.
- What is arbitrage in Tamil?
- Arbitrage in Tamil is மத்தியஸ்தம், விலை வேற்றுமை வாணிபம், செலாவணி விகிதத் சமநிலை. See Arbitrage meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is arbitrage?
- Arbitrage can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce arbitrage?
- Arbitrage is pronounced /ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹɑʒ/ (US).
- What is the plural of arbitrage?
- The plural of arbitrage is arbitrages.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: arbitrage (page history and authors); arbitrage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arbitrage (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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