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arbitrator

arbitrator

19 6.7
A person who hears a dispute outside court and makes a decision both sides must accept
  • noun
  • /ˈɑːrbɪtreɪtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : árbitro
  • The two companies agreed to let an arbitrator resolve their contract dispute.
  • mediator or arbitrator
  • a neutral arbitrator
  • arbitrator's jurisdiction

OK so David Boies is one of the arbitrators, if not the arbitrator of the MC Victims Compensation fund.

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Examples

  • Legislation in all Canadian jurisdictions makes the arbitrator's decision final and binding.

    Academic text (1990)

  • A local merchant, in what was called a "Pie Powder Marketplace," was the arbitrator who resolved the dispute.

    Academic text (1991)

  • If he broke it off and got a divorce, an arbitrator would settle the financial terms.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Each of the two parties selects an arbitrator and pays his or her costs.

    Academic text (1994)

  • But here he was, judge and jury, sole arbitrator of our petitions.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The proposed rules still fail to require arbitrators to follow the law or issue written opinions.

    Academic text (1999)

  • They offered to serve as arbitrators in this dispute and thereby to avoid war.

  • And he's the arbitrator between these warring factions.

  • OK so David Boies is one of the arbitrators, if not the arbitrator of the MC Victims Compensation fund.

    Danny Jones

  • But contractual arbitration generally does not allow for appeals, apart from arbitrator bias or misconduct.

    Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

umpire
vsarbitrator
54 2.7

A person who makes decisions in sports or disputes to make sure rules are followed

focuses on formal binding settlement in legal or private dispute contexts
arbiter
vsarbitrator
28 6.7

A person who settles a disagreement and makes a final decision

is appointed to decide outside court and produce a binding resolution
adjudicator
vsarbitrator
  • Formal
3 7.7

A person who decides a disagreement between people or groups

is appointed specifically to settle disputes outside court with binding outcomes
trier
vsarbitrator
  • Formal
3 8.7

A person like a judge or jury who decides what happened in a legal case

is appointed to resolve private disputes outside courts rather than judge cases
resolver
vsarbitrator
1 5.1

A person or system that finds solutions to problems

is limited to an appointed human who decides disputes outside court with binding power
judicator
vsarbitrator
8.8

A person who listens and decides who is right in a dispute or competition

serves as an appointed neutral who decides disputes outside court with binding rulings
judger
vsarbitrator
  • Formal
8.0

A person who makes an official decision in a court or hearing

is specifically chosen to settle disputes outside court and issue binding decisions
terminer
vsarbitrator
  • Archaic
9.9

A judge or court with power to hear and decide criminal cases

is an externally appointed neutral who resolves private disputes rather than preside over courts

How Authoritative

judge
∞ 2.7
arbitrator
  • Specialized
19 6.7
adjudicator
  • Formal
3 7.7
mediator
45 4.0
conciliator
1 7.0

Surface Forms

arbitrator singular
arbitrators plural

Morphology

arbitrator = arbitrate (transparent) = arbitrate + or

Regular agentive formation from the verb 'arbitrate' using the productive suffix '-or', yielding 'person who arbitrates'.

Etymology

The word arbitrator comes from an old Latin root that meant 'judge'. It is the same root as arbitrate, which means to settle a disagreement, so an arbitrator is someone chosen to 'judge' a dispute and make a final decision.