Definitions for arbitrationˌɑr bɪˈtreɪ ʃən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ar•bi•tra•tionˌɑr bɪˈtreɪ ʃən(n.)

  1. the hearing and determination of a dispute or the settling of differences between parties by a person or persons chosen or agreed to by them.

Origin of arbitration:

1350–1400; ME < L

ar`bi•tra′tion•ist(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. arbitration(noun)

    (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management)

  2. arbitration, arbitrament, arbitrement(noun)

    the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment

    "they submitted their disagreement to arbitration"

Wiktionary

  1. arbitration(Noun)

    The act or process of arbitrating.

  2. arbitration(Noun)

    A process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute.

  3. arbitration(Noun)

    In general, a form of justice where both parties designate a person whose ruling they will accept formally. More specifically in Market Anarchist (market anarchy) theory, arbitration designates the process by which two agencies pre-negotiate a set of common rules in anticipation of cases where a customer from each agency is involved in a dispute.

  4. Origin: From arbitracion, from arbitration, from arbitratio, from arbitrari; see arbitrate.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Arbitration(noun)

    the hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties


Translations for arbitration

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

arbitration(noun)

the making of a decision by an arbitrator

The dispute has gone / was taken to arbitration.

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