arbitrator

[ahr-bi-trey-ter] Example Sentences Origin

ar·bi·tra·tor

[ahr-bi-trey-ter]
noun
a person chosen to decide a dispute or settle differences, especially one formally empowered to examine the facts and decide the issue.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English arbitratour < Late Latin; see arbitrate, -tor
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Example Sentences
  • Total payments are limited only by the discretion of the fund's administrator, a special arbitrator appointed by the government.
  • The five umpires are among a group of nine an arbitrator and a federal judge ordered back to work.
  • The settlement includes a proviso allowing some farmers to argue for bigger damage payments before an independent arbitrator.
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arbitrate (ˈɑːbɪˌtreɪt)
 
vb
1.  to settle or decide (a dispute); achieve a settlement between parties
2.  to submit to or settle by arbitration
 
[C16: from Latin arbitrāri to give judgment; see arbiter]
 
'arbitrable
 
adj
 
'arbitrator
 
n

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arbitrator
early 15c., from O.Fr. arbitratour (13c.), from L. arbitratorem "a spectator, hearer, witness, judge," agent noun from arbitratus, pp. of arbitrari, from arbiter (see arbiter). The legal form of popular arbiter.
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