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Arbitrage vs Res - What's the difference?

arbitrage | res |

As a noun arbitrage

is (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.

As a verb arbitrage

is (finance) to employ.

As a symbol res is

(label) (l).

arbitrage

Noun

  • (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.
  • * {{quote-book, a. 1973, , The Intelligent Investor citation
  • , passage=But in recent years, for reasons we shall develop later, the field of "arbitrages and workouts" became riskier and less profitable.}}

    Derived terms

    * arbitrageur

    Verb

    (arbitrag)
  • (finance) To employ
  • * {{quote-book, 1961, Maurece Schiller, Fortunes in Special Situations in the Stock Market citation
  • , passage=He has arbitraged by purchasing in one market and simultaneously selling the same or similar merchandise in another market. }}
  • (finance) To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among
  • *
  • ----

    res

    Translingual

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Symbol

    (head)
  • (label) (l)