arbitration

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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.

Derived terms

• antiarbitration
• arbitrational
• arbitrationism
• arbitrationist
• arbitration of exchange
• pendulum arbitration
• rearbitration

 

Related terms

• arbiter
• arbitrable
• arbitrage
• arbitrary
• arbitrate
• arbitrator

 

Translations

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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Translations to be checked

• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} eadar-bhreith f
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} మధ్యవర్తిత్వం (madhyavartitvaṁ)

Further reading

• “arbitration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “arbitration”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

arbitration f (plural arbitrations)

1. arbitration

Related terms

• arbitratif

Further reading

• “arbitration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.