Dictionary

arbitration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˌɑɹ.bəˈt̠͡ɹ̠eɪ.ʃn̩] (General-American)
• /ˌɑɹ.bɪˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˌɑː.bɪˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˌɑː.bəˈt̠͡ɹ̠eɪ.ʃn̩] (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin arbiter Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin arbitror Latin arbitratio Old French arbitrationbor. Middle English arbitracion English arbitration From Middle English arbitracion, borrowed from Old French arbitration, from Latin arbitratio, from arbitrari (“to arbitrate, judge”); see arbitrate.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of arbitrating.
2. (countable, uncountable) A process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute.
3. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

arbitary · arbitrational · antiarbitration · pendulum arbitration · arbitration of exchange · rearbitration · arbitrationism · arbitrationist

Relateds

arbitrage · arbitrator · arbitrate · arbitrary · arbiter · arbitrable

Translations (66)

ja 仲介 (form of justice) · uk арбітра́ж (the act or process of arbitrating) · pt arbitramento (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · pt arbitramento (the act or process of arbitrating) · ko 중재 (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · hy արբիտրաժ (the act or process of arbitrating) · fr arbitrage (form of justice) · it mediazione (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · ml മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥം (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · ml ആർബിട്രേഷൻ (the act or process of arbitrating) · fi arbitraatio (the act or process of arbitrating) · ka არბიტრაჟი (the act or process of arbitrating) · pt arbitragem (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · it mediazione (form of justice) · fi välimiesmenettely (form of justice) · ms penimbangtaraan (the act or process of arbitrating) · fi välimiesmenettely (the act or process of arbitrating) · es arbitraje (the act or process of arbitrating) · bg арбитра́ж (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · fi arbitraatio (form of justice) · nl arbitratie (the act or process of arbitrating) · id arbitrase (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · cmn 仲裁 (the act or process of arbitrating) · ru арбитра́ж (the act or process of arbitrating) · nl arbitrage (form of justice) · fr arbitrage (the act or process of arbitrating) · la arbitrium (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · uk арбітра́ж (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · ar تَحْكِيم (the act or process of arbitrating) · fr arbitrage (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · pl arbitraż (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · it arbitraggio (the act or process of arbitrating) · de Schiedsspruch (the act or process of arbitrating) · ja 仲裁 (the act or process of arbitrating) · pl arbitraż (the act or process of arbitrating) · la arbitrium (the act or process of arbitrating) · az arbitraj (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · ro arbitraj (the act or process of arbitrating) · ko 중재 (the act or process of arbitrating) · hy արբիտրաժ (form of justice) · pt arbitração (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · ml മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥത (the act or process of arbitrating) · it arbitrato (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · sv skiljedom (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · pt arbitração (the act or process of arbitrating) · cmn 仲裁 (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · fi välimiesmenettely (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · ja 仲裁 (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · ja 仲介 (the act or process of arbitrating) · pt arbitragem (form of justice) · mn арбитраж (the act or process of arbitrating) · hy արբիտրաժ (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · ru арбитра́ж (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · ro arbitrare (the act or process of arbitrating) · pt arbitração (form of justice) · id arbitrase (form of justice) · bg арбитра́ж (the act or process of arbitrating) · za banjbuenq (the act or process of arbitrating) · id arbitrase (the act or process of arbitrating) · nl arbitratie (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · cmn 仲裁 (form of justice) · pt arbitragem (the act or process of arbitrating) · fi arbitraatio (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · no voldgift (process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute) · pt arbitramento (form of justice) · ru арбитра́ж (form of justice)