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arbitration

arbitration

69 6.0
A process where a neutral person decides a dispute and both sides must follow the decision
  • noun
  • /ˌɑːrbɪˈtreɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : arbitraje
  • The contract included a clause stating that any disagreements would be settled by arbitration.
  • an arbitration clause
  • mandatory arbitration
  • an arbitration agreement

Why do we have binding arbitration and we just have a strike?

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Examples

  • Despite the problems, not everyone is willing to discount the value of using arbitration in the employment context.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Why do we have binding arbitration and we just have a strike?

    MIT OpenCourseWare

  • Or we could take it up with the arbitration committee.

    Bright Lights, Big City (1988)

  • - I think this calls for arbitration here.

    Britannia Hospital (1982)

  • One could make a case that the arbitration process never really caught on.

    Academic text (1991)

  • I'll take you to arbitration if you fire me.

    Dolan's Cadillac (2009)

  • If one of the parties requests arbitration, then arbitration will take place.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The NASD also has proposed new rules aimed at making its arbitration more fair.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The plaintiffs argued that arbitration would not be appropriate because they hadn't agreed to it.

  • In addition, when disputants use arbitration, these outcomes are enforceable in court.

Synonyms

adjudication
vsarbitration
  • Formal
9 8.2

A formal decision by a court or official about a disagreement

occurs privately before a neutral party rather than in a public court
arbitrement
vsarbitration
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A decision given by a neutral person to settle a disagreement

refers to the whole process that produces and enforces that judgment
arbitrament
vsarbitration
  • Formal
1 9.9

A decision made by a neutral person or group to settle a disagreement

describes the overall procedure leading to such a judgment and its effect

Compounds

arbitration clause
  • Formal
3 7.0

A part of a contract that says a neutral person outside the courts decides disagreements

How Binding

judgment
  • Formal
181 2.6
adjudication
  • Formal
9 8.2
arbitration
  • Specialized
69 6.0
mediation
41 4.2
conciliation
6 6.7
negotiation
  • Formal
859 3.5

Surface Forms

arbitration singular
arbitrations plural

Morphology

arbitration = arbitrate (transparent) = arbitrate + ion

Standard nominalization from the verb 'arbitrate' with the productive suffix '-ion', denoting the process or act.

Etymology

Arbitration comes from the same root as arbiter, a person chosen to 'judge' or 'decide' between two sides. So, arbitration is the process of using a neutral person to make a final decision that the people involved usually 'must follow'.