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noun
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the hearing and determining of a dispute or the settling of differences between parties by a person or persons chosen or agreed to by them: Rather than risk a long strike, the union and management agreed to arbitration.
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International Law. the application of judicial methods to the settlement of international disputes.
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Arbitration
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Arbitration, The
noun
a comedy (c300 b.c.) by Menander, extant only as a fragment.
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arbitration
late 14c., "absolute decision," from O.Fr. arbitracion, from L. arbitrationem (nom. arbitratio) "judgment, will," noun of action from arbitratus, pp. of arbitrari, from arbiter (see arbiter). Meaning "settlement of a dispute by a third party" is from 1630s.
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arbitration definition
The settling of disputes (especially labor disputes) between two parties by an impartial third party, whose decision the contending parties agree to accept. Arbitration is often used to resolve conflict diplomatically to prevent a more serious confrontation.
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