Definition of arbitrage

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ar·bi·trage    (ärb-träzh) KEY  

NOUN:

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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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, arbitration, from Old French, from arbitrer, to judge, from Latin arbitrr, to give judgment ; see arbitrate

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