arbitrage (redirected from arbitrages)

ar·bi·trage  (ärb-träzh)

n.

The purchase of securities on one market for immediate resale on another market in order to profit from a price discrepancy.

intr.v. ar·bi·traged, ar·bi·trag·ing, ar·bi·trag·es

To be involved in arbitrage.

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[Middle English, arbitration, from Old French, from arbitrer, to judge, from Latin arbitrr, to give judgment; see arbitrate.]

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arbitrage

the business of buying and selling securities, curreneies, and commodities on an international scale so as to take advantage of differences in rates of exchange and prices. — arbitrager, arbitrageur, n.

See also: Money

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	arbitrage - 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 risk arbitrage, takeover arbitrage - arbitrage involving risk; as in the simultaneous purchase of stock in a target company and sale of stock in its potential acquirer; if the takeover fails the arbitrageur may lose a great deal of money investing, investment - the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
Verb	1.	arbitrage - practice arbitrage, as in the stock market commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) merchandise, trade - engage in the trade of; "he is merchandising telephone sets"