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Noun: risk arbitrage
  1. 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
    - takeover arbitrage

Derived forms: risk arbitrages

Type of: arbitrage

Encyclopedia: Risk arbitrage