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[Barretts Mail]

1. https://tinyurl.com/yaptm3at <https://tinyurl.com/yaptm3at>
Why Do Food Delivery Companies Lose Money?
Josh Barro
19 May 2020

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And then he was surprised to see DoorDash was selling his $24 pizzas for only $16. This meant he had an arbitrage opportunity: Order his own pizzas at $16, sell them to DoorDash for $24 each, and pocket the difference.
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2. https://www.coinbureau.com/analysis/cryptocurrency-arbitrage/ <https://www.coinbureau.com/analysis/cryptocurrency-arbitrage/>
CryptoCurrency Arbitrage: How Traders Make Money on Mispricing
23 Sep 2018

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What is CryptoCurrency Arbitrage?

Cryptocurrency arbitrage is merely an extension of arbitrage in more traditional markets and environments. It is the notion that a profit can be made by merely buying and selling the same assets in different markets in order to take advantage of the price difference.
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3. Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arbitrage <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arbitrage>) includes arbitrage for any tradable good:

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A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets.
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4. The OED entry appears to be out of date, allowing this sort of meaning only for bills of exchange and stocks. 

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Commerce. The traffic in Bills of Exchange drawn on sundry places, and bought or sold in sight of the daily quotations of rates in the several markets, each operation being based in theory on the calculation known as Arbitration of Exchange at arbitration n. 3. Also, the similar traffic in Stocks, so as to take advantage of the difference of price at which the same stock may be quoted at the same time in the exchange markets of distant places.
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5. Merriam-Webster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arbitrage <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arbitrage>) has arbitrage only for securities, foreign exchange and stocks.

Benjamin Barrett (he/his/him)
Formerly of Seattle, WA
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