Etymology

arbitrage

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

French arbitrage
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  1. French · borrowed fromarbitrage
  2. English todayarbitrage

An unadapted borrowing from French arbitrage, from arbitrer (“to arbitrate”); see arbitrate.

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