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arbitrageur

noun · 2 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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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɑː(ɹ)bɪtɹɑˈʒɝ(ɹ)/
  • CMU ARPABET: AA1 R B IH0 T R AA2 ZH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who engages in arbitrage, such as a financial broker or an investment bank.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arbitrager, arbitragist

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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: arbitrager, arb

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: businessman, man of affairs

History

Etymology

Pseudo-Gallicism, from arbitrage + French -eur (the French term is arbitragiste).