arbitrage

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  1. noun The purchase of securities on one market for immediate resale on another market in order to profit from a price discrepancy.
  2. intransitive verb To be involved in arbitrage.

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  • In these times I would not tie money up with a long term arbitrage with a short term index. —  BiggerPockets Forums
  • In economics and finance, arbitrage is the practice of taking advantage of a price differential between two or more markets: a combination of matching deals are struck that capitalize upon the imbalance, the profit being the difference between the market prices —  Ultimi bookmark postati su Segnalo
  • According to Roach, this global labor arbitrage is also now acting as "a powerful structural depressant on traditional sources of job creation in high-wage countries such as the United States." —  Foreign Policy In Focus
  • Regulatory arbitrage is a game the financial market players know as well as tax arbitrage. —  Irish Blogs
  • I love the very idea of arbitrage - 'risk-free money'. —  Professional Management
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  1. Middle English, arbitration, from Old French, from arbitrer, to judge, from Latin arbitrārī, to give judgment; see arbitrate.

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  1. from French arbitrage, from arbitrer, arbitrate: see arbitrate.
 

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/ˈɑrbɪtrədʒ/
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