n. The simultaneous purchase and sale of equivalent assets or of the same asset in multiple markets in order to exploit a temporary discrepancy in prices. intr.v. ar·bi·traged, ar·bi·trag·ing, ar·bi·trag·es To be involved in arbitrage. [Middle English, arbitration, from Old French, from arbitrer, to judge, from Latin arbitrārī, to give judgment; see ARBITRATE.] |
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