Meaning

noun (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management)

noun the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment

originEtymology tree Latin arbiter Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti 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,…

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