Meanings
nounarbitration (countable and uncountable, plural arbitrations)
plural arbitrations
- countableuncountableThe act or process of arbitrating.
- countableuncountableA process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute.
- countableuncountableIn 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment
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Origin
- Latinarbiter
- Latinarbitror
- Latinarbitratio
- Old Frencharbitration
- Middle Englisharbitracion
- Englisharbitration
From Middle English arbitracion, borrowed from Old French arbitration, from Latin arbitratio, from arbitrari (“to arbitrate, judge”); see arbitrate.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَحْكِيم
- تَحْكِيم (taḥkīm)the act or process of arbitrating
Bulgarian арбитра́ж, арбитра́ж
- арбитра́ж (arbitráž)the act or process of arbitrating
- арбитра́ж (arbitráž)process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
Chinese Mandarin 仲裁, 仲裁
- 仲裁 (zhòngcái)the act or process of arbitrating
- 仲裁 (zhòngcái)process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
- 仲裁 (zhòngcái)form of justice
Dutch arbitratie, arbitratie
- arbitratiethe act or process of arbitrating
- arbitratieprocess through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
- arbitrageform of justice
Finnish välimiesmenettely, arbitraatio
- välimiesmenettelythe act or process of arbitrating
- arbitraatiothe act or process of arbitrating
- välimiesmenettelyprocess through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
- arbitraatioprocess through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
- välimiesmenettelyform of justice
- arbitraatioform of justice
French arbitrage, arbitrage
- arbitragethe act or process of arbitrating
- arbitrageprocess through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
- arbitrageform of justice
German Schiedsspruch
- Schiedsspruchthe act or process of arbitrating
Indonesian arbitrase, arbitrase
- arbitrasethe act or process of arbitrating
- arbitraseprocess through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
- arbitraseform of justice
Italian arbitraggio, arbitrato
- arbitraggiothe act or process of arbitrating
- arbitratoprocess through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
- mediazioneprocess through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
- mediazioneform of justice
Japanese 仲裁, 仲介
- 仲裁 (chūsai)the act or process of arbitrating
- 仲介 (chūkai)the act or process of arbitrating
- 仲裁 (chūsai)process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
- 仲介 (chūkai)form of justice
Korean 중재, 중재
- 중재 (jungjae)the act or process of arbitrating
- 중재 (jungjae)process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
Latin arbitrium, arbitrium
- arbitriumthe act or process of arbitrating
- arbitriumprocess through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
Malay penimbangtaraan
- penimbangtaraanthe act or process of arbitrating
Norwegian voldgift
- voldgiftprocess through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
Polish arbitraż, arbitraż
- arbitrażthe act or process of arbitrating
- arbitrażprocess through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
Portuguese arbitragem, arbitramento
- arbitragemthe act or process of arbitrating
- arbitramentothe act or process of arbitrating
- arbitraçãothe act or process of arbitrating
- arbitragemprocess through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
- arbitramentoprocess through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
- arbitraçãoprocess through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
- arbitragemform of justice
- arbitramentoform of justice
- arbitraçãoform of justice
Romanian arbitrare, arbitraj
- arbitrarethe act or process of arbitrating
- arbitrajthe act or process of arbitrating
Russian арбитра́ж, арбитра́ж
- арбитра́ж (arbitráž)the act or process of arbitrating
- арбитра́ж (arbitráž)process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
- арбитра́ж (arbitráž)form of justice
Spanish arbitraje
- arbitrajethe act or process of arbitrating
Swedish skiljedom
- skiljedomprocess through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
Ukrainian арбітра́ж, арбітра́ж
- арбітра́ж (arbitráž)the act or process of arbitrating
- арбітра́ж (arbitráž)process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with arbitration
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