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  • arb
    arb
    noun
    an arbitrager.
  • ARB
    ARB
    abbreviation
    angiotensin receptor blocker
Synonyms

arb

American  
[ahrb] / ɑrb /

noun

  1. an arbitrager.


ARB British  

abbreviation

  1. angiotensin receptor blocker

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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