Arbitration

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act or process of arbitrating.
  • n. A process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute.
  • n. 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The hearing and determining of a cause between parties in controversy by a person or persons chosen or agreed to by the parties.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment
  • n. (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)
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    judgment    judicial decision    judgement    mediation   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    decision    judgment   
    Rhyme
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    Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    mediation    conciliation    extradition    disarmament    conscription   
     
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