arbitrage

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɹbɪˌtɹɑːʒ/, /ˈɑːɹ.bɪ.tɹɪdʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːʒ, -ɑː(ɹ)bɪtɹɪdʒ
• Hyphenation: ar‧bi‧trage

Etymology

Borrowing from French arbitrage, from arbitrer ‎(“to arbitrate”); see arbitrate.

Noun

arbitrage ‎(countable and uncountable, plural arbitrages)

1. (finance) A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets.
   • a. 1973, Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor^[1], 2003 HarperCollins ed. edition, page 174:

     But in recent years, for reasons we shall develop later, the field of "arbitrages and workouts" became riskier and less profitable.

2. (archaic) arbitration

Derived terms

• arbitrageur

Related terms

• arbiter
• arbitrable
• arbitrary
• arbitrate
• arbitration
• arbitrator

Translations

market activity

• Czech: arbitráž f
• Finnish: arbitraasi
• French: arbitrage (fr) m

• Japanese: 鞘取り ‎(さやとり, sayatori)
• Polish: arbitraż m, rozjemstwo n
• Portuguese: arbitragem (pt) f

External links

• arbitrage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• arbitrage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Verb

arbitrage ‎(third-person singular simple present arbitrages, present participle arbitraging, simple past and past participle arbitraged)

1. (intransitive, finance) To employ arbitrage
   • 1961, Maurece Schiller, Fortunes in Special Situations in the Stock Market^[2], page iv:

     He has arbitraged by purchasing in one market and simultaneously selling the same or similar merchandise in another market.

2. (transitive, finance) To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among
   • 2001, Frederic S. Mishkin, Prudential Supervision: What Works and what Doesn't, page 98:

     Indeed, as banks become more adept at internal risk classifications, their incentives to arbitrage economic and regulatory capital can only increase

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Etymology

Borrowing from French arbitrage.

Noun

arbitrage f ‎(plural arbitrages)

1. (sports) refereeing
2. (dispute resolution) arbitration

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French

Etymology

arbitrer +‎ -age

Noun

arbitrage m ‎(plural arbitrages)

1. arbitration (the act or process of arbitrating)
2. (finance) arbitrage
3. (economics) trade-off
4. (sports) refereeing

Related terms

• arbitre
• arbitrer

External links

• “arbitrage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).