different between arb vs darb

English

Etymology

Clipping.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)b

Noun

arb (countable and uncountable, plural arbs)

1. (finance, trading) The act of or potential for arbitrage.
2. (countable, finance, trading) One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrageur.
3. (countable, informal) An arboretum.
   • 2005, Adam Zang, Jendrey Julie, Chris Mason, Carleton College

     Just don't be too scared when you hear rumors of sacrificial ceremonies in the Arb […]

Verb

arb (third-person singular simple present arbs, present participle arbing, simple past and past participle arbed)

1. (finance, trading, transitive) To engage in arbitrage.

Anagrams

• ABR, Bar, Bar., RBA, Rab, abr., bar, bar-, bra

Irish

Alternative forms

• ar (used before consonant sounds)
• ar b’ (superseded)

Particle

arb (copular form used before adjective, adverb, or pronoun beginning with vowels)

1. Introduces an indirect relative clause; present/future tense

Related terms

References

• "arb" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *arpa.

Noun

arb

1. lot, fate, destiny

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)b

Etymology

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Noun

darb (plural darbs)

1. (Australia, slang) A cigarette.
2. (slang) Something beautiful, a charm, a peach.
   • 1931, Courtney Ryley Cooper, Circus Day, page 263,

     “Boss,” he exclaimed, “it's a darb.”

     “It's more than that,” I cut in, “it?s a wonder. It?s a masterpiece. […] ”

   • 1934, Story, Volume 4, page 35,

     ‘My new bird is a darb,’ he says, ‘only four months old and he?s got a roll and a chop the size of your arm. Never heard a young bird sing like that.’

   • 1941, Amazing Stories, Ziff-Davis, Volume 15, Issues 1-6, page 21,

     You can figure for yourself what a darb of a setup that was for us seven hundred professional killers!

Synonyms

• (cigarette): death stick, durrie

Anagrams

• Bard, Brad, bard, brad, drab

Irish

Alternative forms

• dar b’ (superseded)

Particle

darb (present/future copular form used before a vowel, form used before a consonant dar)

1. to/for which/whom is

2. from which/whom is

Derived terms

• darb ainm (“(who is) called, named”)

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