different between arbitrage vs arbitrariness

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French arbitrage, from arbitrer (“to arbitrate”); see arbitrate.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???b??t???/, /???.b?.t??d?/
• Rhymes: -???, -?d?
• Hyphenation: ar?bi?trage

Noun

arbitrage (countable and uncountable, plural arbitrages)

1. (finance) 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.
2. (archaic) Arbitration.

Derived terms

• arbitrageur

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• arbitrage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• arbitrage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Verb

arbitrage (third-person singular simple present arbitrages, present participle arbitraging, simple past and past participle arbitraged)

1. (intransitive, finance) To employ arbitrage
2. (transitive, finance) To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French arbitrage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r.bi?tra?.??/
• Hyphenation: ar?bi?tra?ge
• Rhymes: -a???

Noun

arbitrage f (plural arbitrages)

1. (sports) refereeing
2. (dispute resolution) arbitration

Derived terms

• arbitragecommissie

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: arbitrase

French

Etymology

From arbitrer +? -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.bi.t?a?/

Noun

arbitrage m (plural arbitrages)

1. arbitration (the act or process of arbitrating)
2. (finance) arbitrage
3. (economics) trade-off
4. (sports) refereeing

Related terms

• arbitre
• arbitrer

Further reading

• “arbitrage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• arbitraryness

Etymology

arbitrary +? -ness

Noun

arbitrariness (usually uncountable, plural arbitrarinesses)

1. The quality or state of being arbitrary.

Synonyms

• arbitrarity (much less common)

Translations