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arbitrage noun

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Definition

the method on the stock exchange of buying something in one place and selling it in another place at the same time, in order to make a profit from the difference in price in the two places

(Definition of arbitrage noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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