arb

arb

See also: ARB and Arb.

English

Etymology

Clipping.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)b

Noun

arb (countable and uncountable, plural arbs)

1. (finance, trading) The act of or potential for arbitrage.
2. (countable, finance, trading) One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrageur.
3. (countable, informal) An arboretum.
   • 2005, Adam Zang, Jendrey Julie, Chris Mason, Carleton College

     Just don't be too scared when you hear rumors of sacrificial ceremonies in the Arb […]

Verb

arb (third-person singular simple present arbs, present participle arbing, simple past and past participle arbed)

1. (finance, trading, transitive) To engage in arbitrage.

Anagrams

• ABR, Bar, Bar., RBA, Rab, abr., bar, bar-, bra

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Irish

Alternative forms

• ar (used before consonant sounds)
• ar b’ (superseded)

Particle

arb (copular form used before adjective, adverb, or pronoun beginning with vowels)

1. Introduces an indirect relative clause; present/future tense

   duine arb ionann é agus gach duine eile ― a person who is the same as everyone else

   duine arb as an mbaile céanna leat féin é ― a person who is from the same town as yourself

   an fear arb é a mhac an t-iascaire ― the man whose son is the fisherman

Related terms

Irish copular forms

Simple copular forms Present/future Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter. Main clauses is ní an nach Direct relative clauses nach Indirect relative clauses ar, arbv Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbv an nach Past/conditional Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter. Main clauses ba, b’v níor, níorbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv Direct relative clauses ba, abv nár, nárbhv Indirect relative clauses ar, arbhv Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv Present subjunctive Affirmative Negative gura, gurabv nára, nárabv		Compound copular forms Base word Present/future Past/conditional má más má ba, má b’v ó (“since”) ós ó ba, ó b’v dá dá mba, dá mb’v mura mura, murabv murar, murarbhv cé cér, cérbv cér, cérbhv cá cár, cárbv cár, cárbhv de/do dar, darbv dar, darbhv faoi faoinar, faoinarbv faoinar, faoinarbhv i inar, inarbv inar, inarbhv le lenar, lenarbv lenar, lenarbhv ó (“from”) ónar, ónarbv ónar, ónarbhv trí trínar, trínarbv trínar, trínarbhv
v Used before vowel sounds

References

• "arb" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *arpa.

Noun

arb

1. lot, fate, destiny