ARBITRATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arbitration mean? 

• ARBITRATION (noun)
  The noun ARBITRATION has 2 senses:

1. (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)

2. the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment

  Familiarity information: ARBITRATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARBITRATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("arbitration" is a kind of...):

mediation (a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

arbitrate (act between parties with a view to reconciling differences)

arbitrational (relating to or resulting from arbitration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

arbitrament; arbitration; arbitrement

Context example:

they submitted their disagreement to arbitration

Hypernyms ("arbitration" is a kind of...):

judgement; judgment; judicial decision ((law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it)

Derivation:

arbitrate (act between parties with a view to reconciling differences)

arbitrational (relating to or resulting from arbitration)

 Context examples 

My task was a very hard one; but, as I was absolutely resolved—as my cousins saw at length that my mind was really and immutably fixed on making a just division of the property—as they must in their own hearts have felt the equity of the intention; and must, besides, have been innately conscious that in my place they would have done precisely what I wished to do—they yielded at length so far as to consent to put the affair to arbitration.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

If you are going through a divorce, you and your soon-to-be-ex may be meeting with your lawyer or in arbitration or court over how to fairly divide property amassed during the marriage (or if you are ending a business, sharing profits with your ex-partner).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)