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RISK ARBITRAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arbitrage involving risk; as in the simultaneous purchase of stock in a target company and sale of stock in its potential acquirer; if the takeover fails the arbitrageur may lose a great deal of money
Synonyms:
risk arbitrage; takeover arbitrage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("risk arbitrage" is a kind of...):
arbitrage (a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price)
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