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ARB

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)b
  • CMU ARPABET: AA1 R B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Initialism of angiotensin receptor blocker.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of or potential for arbitrage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, finance, trading

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrageur.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: business, finance, trading

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An arboretum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To engage in arbitrage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: business, finance, trading

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

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)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arbitrageur, arbitrager

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: businessman, man of affairs

History

Etymology

Clipping.