arbitrate
/'ɑ:bitreit/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To act as an impartial third party in order to settle a dispute or disagreement between two or more other parties. The arbitrator listens to both sides and makes a judgment or decision to resolve the issue.
- To submit a dispute to, or settle by, the judgment of such a third party.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The union and management agreed to arbitrate their contract dispute.
- A professional judge was asked to arbitrate the complex legal matter.
- They decided to arbitrate rather than go to court.
Advanced Usage
- "to arbitrate between": To act as an arbitrator for two or more specific parties.
- The retired diplomat was called upon to arbitrate between the two warring nations.
- "to arbitrate in": To serve as an arbitrator within a specific dispute or context.
- The committee will arbitrate in all matters of disciplinary action.
Variants and Related Words
- Arbitration (n): The process of resolving a dispute through an arbitrator.
- The contract stipulates that any disagreement will be resolved through binding arbitration.
- Arbitrator (n): A person who arbitrates; an arbiter.
- The arbitrator's decision was final.
- Arbitral (adj): Relating to or resulting from arbitration.
- The arbitral award was enforced by the court.
Synonyms
- Adjudicate: To make a formal judgment or decision about a problem or disputed matter.
- Mediate: To intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation (focuses more on facilitating agreement than making a binding decision).
- Referee: To act as the judge of an argument or competition.
- Umpire: To act as an umpire; to arbitrate.
Related Phrases
- Binding arbitration: A process where the parties agree to accept the arbitrator's decision as final.
- To go to arbitration: To submit a dispute to the arbitration process.
Verb
- act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
- He interceded in the family dispute
- He mediated a settlement