arbitrage
- 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. (intransitive, finance) To employ arbitrage.
- Verb. (transitive, finance) To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among.
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