Definition of "arb" []

• Informal An arbitrageur. (noun)

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• "For so-called arb traders, 3Com is the latest installment in what could be called the LBO Horror Show."
• "What a total random stroke of luck. is exactly the kind of tripe that is dragged out in a salary arb, which is why the Giants should shun it."
• "At the Board of Trade, orders were still carried to the pits on pieces of paper by runners and clerks, and then shouted out by traders or 'flashed' to others in the pit using the hand signal language known as 'arb'-an abbreviation for arbitrage, the exploitation of discrepancies in prices."