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Arbitrage - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Arbitrage : (noun)
1: 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
(verb)
1: practice arbitrage, as in the stock market
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Arbitrage : \Ar"bi*trage\, n. [F., fr. arbiter to give judgment,
L. arbitrari.]
1. Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.
[Archaic]
2. (Com) A traffic in bills of exchange (see Arbitration of
Exchange); also, a traffic in stocks which bear differing
values at the same time in different markets.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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