different between arbitrage vs arbitration

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

Etymology

From Middle English arbitracion, borrowed from Old French arbitration, from Latin arbitratio, from arbitrari (“to arbitrate, judge”); see arbitrate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.b??t?e?.??n/, [???.b??t????e?.?n?]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???.b??t?e?.??n/, [???.b??t????e?.?n?]
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

arbitration (countable and uncountable, plural arbitrations)

1. The act or process of arbitrating.
2. A process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute.
3. In general, a form of justice where both parties designate a person whose ruling they will accept formally. More specifically in Market Anarchist (market anarchy) theory, arbitration designates the process by which two agencies pre-negotiate a set of common rules in anticipation of cases where a customer from each agency is involved in a dispute.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

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

French

Pronunciation

Noun

arbitration f (plural arbitrations)

1. arbitration

Related terms

• arbitratif