arb
Americannoun
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of arb
First recorded in 1980–85; by shortening
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Sewald, who is in his second year of arb eligibility, also agreed to a $4.1 million contract.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
The deal has been called “an arb trader’s dream,” given the frenetic pace of news revelations that affect the company’s stock price.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
“The arb has to widen for U.S. oil to find markets.”
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2019
Struggling arb traders are likely avoiding this trade for now because it doesn’t have a payoff day, so it won’t help their returns this calendar year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2016
From the Sansc. arb or arv, to ravage or destroy, cognate with Lat. orbo, &c., may be the following.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
Still, Jefferies retains a “buy” call on ARB, noting it is trading on its lowest price-to-earnings multiple in 10 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
And finally, Publishers Clearing House filed for bankruptcy and its new owner ARB Interactive has said it won’t be honoring the “lifetime” winners from before July 15 of this year.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2025
However, it would make sense to ask your doctor if you could try a blood pressure medication that is neither an ACE inhibitor nor an ARB.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
The 35-page ARB document, with heavily redacted appendixes, was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the National Security Archive, a Washington-based, nonprofit research organization, which provided it to The Washington Post.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2021
Be well, and I shall account myself happy in being "Your faithful loving wife, "ARB.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Isaac Disraeli
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