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arbitration

UK/ˌɑː.bɪˈtɹeɪ.ʃən//ˌɑɹ.bɪˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/

arbitration noun: the act or process of arbitrating.

Noun

arbitration (countable and uncountable, plural arbitrations)

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

arbitration meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

arbitration in Tamil

நடுவர் தீர்ப்பாயம், இசைவுத்தீர்வு, நடுவர் தீர்வு, இணக்கத்தீர்வு, பொதுவர் தீர்வு

arbitration in Urdu

فیصلہ, ثالثی

arbitration in Bengali

সালিসি, সালিশি, সালিশি দ্বারা মীমাংসা, মধ্যস্থতা

arbitration in Malayalam

the act or process of arbitrating
മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥത maddhyasthata, ആർബിട്രേഷൻ āṟbiṭrēṣaṉ
process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute
മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥം maddhyasthaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
arbitration in Kannada
ಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥಿಕೆ, ಪಂಚಾಯತಿ ತೀರ್ಮಾನ
arbitration in Arabic
تَحْكِيم taḥkīm
arbitration in Malay
penimbangtaraan
arbitration in Indonesian
arbitrase

Examples of arbitration in a sentence

  • We'll see what pans out from the arbitration process.
  • If unobjected the provisions contained therein, including the arbitration agreement, become terms of the contract.
  • Some are settled by arbitration, to the avoidance of many wars.

All 11 example sentences with arbitration

Forms of arbitration

pluralarbitrations

Plural of arbitration: arbitrations

Origin of arbitration

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

Words formed from arbitration

Words that rhyme with arbitration

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Questions about arbitration

What does arbitration mean?
Arbitration means the act or process of arbitrating.
What is arbitration in Tamil?
Arbitration in Tamil is நடுவர் தீர்ப்பாயம், இசைவுத்தீர்வு, நடுவர் தீர்வு. See Arbitration meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is arbitration?
Arbitration is a noun.
How do you pronounce arbitration?
Arbitration is pronounced /ˌɑː.bɪˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of arbitration?
The plural of arbitration is arbitrations.

Words near arbitration in the dictionary

  1. arbitratable
  2. arbitrate
  3. arbitrated
  4. arbitrates
  5. arbitrating
  6. arbitration
  7. arbitration of exchange
  8. arbitrational
  9. arbitrationism
  10. arbitrationist
  11. arbitrationists

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: arbitration (page history and authors); arbitration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arbitration (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arbitration (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arbitration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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