arbitration
1. (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) • Derivationally related forms: arbitrational, arbitrate • Topics: law, jurisprudence • Hypernyms: mediation 2. the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment - they submitted their disagreement to arbitration • Syn: arbitrament, arbitrement • Derivationally related forms: arbitrate (for: arbitrement), arbitrate (for: arbitrament), arbitrational, arbitrate • Hypernyms: judgment, judgement, judicial decision
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