Arbitration

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  • noun. The process by which the parties to a dispute submit their differences to the judgment of an impartial person or group appointed by mutual consent or statutory provision.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The hearing and determining of a cause between parties in controversy by a person or persons chosen or agreed to by the parties.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties.
  • noun. a bond which obliges one to abide by the award of an arbitration.
  • noun. the operation of converting the currency of one country into that of another, or determining the rate of exchange between such countries or currencies. An arbitrated rate is one determined by such arbitration through the medium of one or more intervening currencies.
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  • noun. The act or process of arbitrating.
  • noun. A process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute.
  • 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.
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  • noun. the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment
  • 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)
    • Word Usage
    "There has been some uncertainty as to whether arbitration is a valid method for resolving these cases."
    Hypernym
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    judgement  judgment  judicial decision  mediation  
    Rhyme
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    Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  
    Same Context
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    annexation  arbiter  arbitrament  arbitrator  armistice  
    Synonym
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    decision  judgment  
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