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Arbitrage

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

arbitrage


[French, literally, arbitration, decision-making]
1 : the purchase of a security, commodity, or foreign currency in one market for the purpose of immediately selling it at a higher price in another market
2 : the purchase of the stock of a takeover target esp. for the purpose of selling it to the raider for a profit




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