noun. 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.

intransitive verb. To be involved in arbitrage.

noun. Arbitration. R. Cobden.

noun. The calculation of the relative value at the same time, at two or more places, of stocks, bonds, or funds of any sort, including exchange, with a view to taking advantage of favorable circumstances or differences in payments or other transactions; arbitration of exchange.

noun. The business of bankers which is founded on calculations of the temporary differences in the price of securities, and is carried on through a simultaneous purchase in the cheaper and sale in the dearer market.

noun. Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.

noun. A traffic in bills of exchange (see Arbitration of Exchange).

noun. the simultaneous or near simultaneous purchase and sale of the same or closely linked securities or commodities in different markets to make a profit on the (often small) differences in price.

noun. The practice of quickly buying and selling foreign currencies in different markets in order to make a profit

noun. The purchase of the stock of a future takeover target, with the expectation that the stock will be sold to the person executing the takeover at a higher price

noun. Any market activity in which a commodity is bought and then sold quickly, for a profit which substantially exceeds the transaction cost

verb. To employ arbitrage

verb. To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among

noun. 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. practice arbitrage, as in the stock market