"In economics and finance, arbitrage (US /\u02C8\u0251rb\u0268tr\u0251\u02D0\u0292/, UK /\u02C8\u0251rb\u0268tr\u026Ad\u0292/, UK /\u02CC\u0251rb\u0268tr\u02C8\u0251\u02D0\u0292/) is the practice of taking advantage of a price difference between two or more markets: striking a combination of matching deals that capitalize upon the imbalance, the profit being the difference between the market prices."@en . .