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| arb | n. [ Shortened from arbitrageur. ] Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential); shortened form of arbitrageur. |
| Arbalist | |
| Arbalister | |
| Arbiter | v. t. To act as arbiter between. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Arbiter | n. [ L. arbiter; ar- (for ad) + the root of betere to go; hence properly, one who comes up to look on. ] ☞ In modern usage, arbitrator is the technical word. [ 1913 Webster ] For Jove is arbiter of both to man. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Arbitrable | a. [ Cf. F. arbitrable, fr. L. arbitrari. See Arbitrate, v. t. ] Capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable. [ Archaic ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Arbitrage | n. [ F., fr. arbiter to give judgment, L. arbitrari. ] |
| arbitrager | n. same as arbitrageur. |
| arbitrageur | n. someone who engages in arbitrage; i. e. one who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential. |
| Arbitral | a. [ L. arbitralis. ] Of or relating to an arbiter or an arbitration. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| arbiter | (n) someone with the power to settle matters at will, Syn. supreme authority, Example: she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion |
| arbiter | (n) someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue, Syn. arbitrator, umpire, Example: the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature; the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants; an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case |
| arbitrable | (adj) appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration, Ant. nonarbitrable, Example: an arbitrable wage and health benefits policy; an arbitrable dispute |
| arbitrage | (n) a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price |
| arbitrage | (v) practice arbitrage, as in the stock market |
| arbitrageur | (n) someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential), Syn. arb, arbitrager |
| arbitral | (adj) relating to or resulting from arbitration, Syn. arbitrational, Example: the arbitral adjustment of the controversy; an arbitrational settlement |
| arbitrary | (adj) based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice, Ant. nonarbitrary, Example: an arbitrary decision; the arbitrary rule of a dictator; an arbitrary penalty; of arbitrary size and shape; an arbitrary choice; arbitrary division of the group into halves |
| arbitration | (n) (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management) |
| arbitration | (n) the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment, Syn. arbitrament, arbitrement, Example: they submitted their disagreement to arbitration |
