arbitration

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English arbitracion, borrowed from Old French arbitration, from Latin arbitratio, from arbitrari (“to arbitrate, judge”); see arbitrate.

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɑː.bɪˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌɑː.bəˈt̠͡ɹ̠eɪ.ʃn̩]
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɑɹ.bɪˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌɑɹ.bəˈt̠͡ɹ̠eɪ.ʃn̩]
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Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun edit

arbitration (countable and uncountable, plural arbitrations)

The act or process of arbitrating.
A process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute.
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.

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the act or process of arbitrating

Armenian: արբիտրաժ (hy) (arbitraž)
Bulgarian: арбитра́ж (bg) m (arbitráž)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 仲裁 (zh) (zhòngcái)
Dutch: arbitratie f
Finnish: välimiesmenettely (fi), arbitraatio
French: arbitrage (fr) m
Georgian: არბიტრაჟი (ka) (arbiṭraži)
German: Schiedsspruch (de) m
Indonesian: arbitrase (id)
Italian: arbitraggio (it) m
Japanese: 仲介 (ja) (ちゅうかい, chūkai)
Latin: arbitrium n
Malayalam: മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥത (maddhyasthata), ആർബിട്രേഷൻ (āṟbiṭrēṣaṉ)
Mongolian: арбитраж (mn) (arbitraž)
Polish: arbitraż (pl) m
Portuguese: arbitragem (pt) f, arbitramento (pt) m, arbitração (pt) f
Romanian: arbitrare, arbitraj (ro) n
Russian: арбитра́ж (ru) m (arbitráž)
Spanish: arbitraje (es)
Ukrainian: арбітра́ж (uk) m (arbitráž)

process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute

Armenian: արբիտրաժ (hy) (arbitraž)
Azerbaijani: arbitraj
Bulgarian: арбитра́ж (bg) m (arbitráž)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 仲裁 (zh) (zhòngcái)
Dutch: arbitratie f
Finnish: välimiesmenettely (fi), arbitraatio
French: arbitrage (fr) m
Indonesian: arbitrase (id)
Italian: arbitrato (it) m, mediazione (it) f
Japanese: 仲介 (ja) (ちゅうかい, chūkai)
Latin: arbitrium f
Malayalam: മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥം (maddhyasthaṁ)
Norwegian: voldgift m
Polish: arbitraż (pl) m
Portuguese: arbitragem (pt) f, arbitramento (pt) m, arbitração (pt) f
Russian: арбитра́ж (ru) m (arbitráž)
Swedish: skiljedom (sv) c
Ukrainian: арбітра́ж (uk) m (arbitráž)

form of justice

Armenian: արբիտրաժ (hy) (arbitraž)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 仲裁 (zh) (zhòngcái)
Dutch: arbitrage (nl) f
Finnish: välimiesmenettely (fi), arbitraatio
French: arbitrage (fr) m
Indonesian: arbitrase (id)
Italian: mediazione (it) f
Japanese: 仲介 (ja) (ちゅうかい, chūkai)
Portuguese: arbitragem (pt) f, arbitramento (pt) m, arbitração (pt) f
Russian: арбитра́ж (ru) m (arbitráž)

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