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   Ar·bi·trage

   /ˈärbəˌträZH/

   

   noun

   • 1. the simultaneous buying and selling of securities, currency, or commodities in different markets or in derivative forms in order to take advantage of differing prices for the same asset: "profitable arbitrage opportunities"

   verb

   • 1. buy and sell assets using arbitrage: "much of the short selling was being done by people who were arbitraging between the bond and the equity market"

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally denoting the exercise of individual judgement): from French, from arbitrer ‘give judgement’, from Latin arbitrari (see arbitrate). The current sense dates from the late 19th century.

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