ar·bi·trage
noun/ˈɑːbɪtrɑːʒ/, /ˈɑːbɪtrɪdʒ/
/ˈɑːrbɪtrɑːʒ/
[uncountable] (business)- the practice of buying something (for example, shares or foreign money) in one place and selling it in another place where the price is higher
套汇;套购;套利 Word Originlate Middle English (originally denoting the exercise of individual judgement): from French, from arbitrer ‘give judgement’, from Latin arbitrari from arbiter ‘judge, supreme ruler’. The current sense dates from the late 19th cent.