arbn.
/ɑːb/, U.S. /ɑrb/ colloquial.
= arbitrageur n.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > use of bills of exchange > one dealing in bills of exchange
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arb1983
1983 Securities Week 28 Feb. 2 As with most tender offers, large amounts of the target stock accumulated in the hands of arbitrageurs. Paine Webber only solicited stock from arbs.
1984 Sunday Tel. 25 Mar. 19/3 For a start you often have to make use of the ‘arbs’, very useful gentlemen indeed in a bid battle.
1985 Observer 23 June 29/1 ‘Arbs’ are professional dealers who take principal positions in the shares of companies which are the subject of a takeover bid and gamble on the terms being increased.
1986 Daily Tel. 19 Nov. 16/4 He has intervened in several British bid battles.., but only as a genuine ‘arb’; taking a position after the bid, and betting on being able to sell out higher up.
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