arbitrate

English

Etymology

From Latin arbitratus, past participle of arbitrari (“to be a witness, act as umpire”), from arbiter (“umpire”); see arbiter.

Pronunciation

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Verb

arbitrate (third-person singular simple present arbitrates, present participle arbitrating, simple past and past participle arbitrated)

1. To make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter

   to arbitrate a disputed case

   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     There shall your swords and lances arbitrate / The swelling difference of your settled hate.

2. To submit (a dispute) to such judgment
3. (mathematics, rare) To assign an arbitrary value to, or otherwise determine arbitrarily.

   We wish to show f is continuous. Arbitrate epsilon greater than zero...

Related terms

• arbiter
• arbitrable
• arbitrability
• arbitrage
• arbitrary
• arbitration
• arbitrator

Translations

to make a judgment on

• Arabic: يَفْصِل‎ m (yafṣil), يَحْكُم‎ m (yaḥkum), يَقْضِي‎ m (yaqḍī)
• Catalan: arbitrar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 调停 (zh) (tiáotíng)

• Esperanto: arbitracii
• Finnish: toimia välimiehenä
• Greek:

  Ancient: διαιτάω (diaitáō)

• Latin: arbitror (la)
• Norwegian: dømme (no)
• Polish: arbitrażować impf
• Portuguese: arbitrar (pt)
• Spanish: arbitrar (es)

to submit to be judged

• Finnish: viedä välimiesoikeuteen

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• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 仲介する (chūkai suru)

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

arbitrate

1. inflection of arbitrare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

arbitrate f pl

1. feminine plural of arbitrato

Anagrams

• barattier, bratterai, ribatterà

Latin

Participle

arbitrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of arbitrātus

Spanish

Verb

arbitrate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of arbitrar combined with te