Meaning of arbitration in English

arbitration

noun [ U ]

/ˌɑː.bɪˈtreɪ.ʃən/ us

/ˌɑːr.bəˈtreɪ.ʃən/

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the process of solving an argument between people by helping them to agree to an acceptable solution:

Both sides in the dispute have agreed to go to arbitration (= to have the disagreement solved by an arbitrator).

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(Definition of arbitration from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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arbitration

noun [ U ]

/ˌɑr·bɪˈtreɪ·ʃən/

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the formal process of having an outside person, chosen by both sides to a disagreement, end the disagreement:

Both labor and management have agreed to arbitration.

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arbitration

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a process in which an independent person makes an official decision that ends a legal disagreement without the need for it to be solved in court:

Arbitration is often preferred by firms in business disputes.

binding/mandatory arbitration

The Texas high court said they had to go to arbitration because that's what the signed contract required.

The dispute is in arbitration.

a process in which an independent official tries to avoid a strike (= situation in which workers stop working as a protest) by having discussions that end a disagreement between the workers and their employer:

Pension contribution levels have been fixed by collective bargaining and labor arbitration.

(Definition of arbitration from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of arbitration

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Should other dependent reasons enter the picture, then it is not at all clear that the (normal) goal of arbitration would be thwarted.

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He worked on disarmament, arbitration and new definitions of sovereignty.

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Disputes over the amount of compensation, cash or trade liberalization, can be resolved if necessary through arbitration.

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This clause gave the courts the power to enforce arbitration awards by injunctions.

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Participation in arbitration and litigation are the two most relevant kinds of exchange content charted here.

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Both traders and producers faced similar problems between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, including difficulties in gaining access to information, transportation, credit, arbitration and security.

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Many of the cases subjected to the tribal-village mode of mediation and arbitration involve the balance of honor.

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The state's capacity for arbitration and regulation is low, and large sections of the administration elude central control.

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The peaceful settlement of disputes by arbitration became increasingly common.

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Generally, less formal means of dispute settlement, including self-help, conciliation, and arbitration, are first attempted before resorting to formal tribunals.

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In our example, opportunity concerns also contribute impressively to the arbitration between outcome criteria that do not distinguish between just and unjust inequalities.

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An arbitration mechanism was set up to resolve disputes with a mediator agreed to by both parties.

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I have very little hope and less confidence that the arbitration feature of this bill will prove an advantage to anybody.

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This ambition, which was as much ideological as economic, consisted of claiming a power that had more to do with arbitration than constraint.

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Comparing three processes underlying judgements of procedural justice : a field study of mediation and arbitration.

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arbitration award

The arbitration award in itself and the police negotiating board agreement which followed made substantial savings in the police budget.

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arbitration clause

Such an agreement could not, therefore, go to arbitration, so the arbitration clause would not operate at all in such a disagreement.

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arbitration committee

These measures include creating work conditions that avoid conflicts, rapidly settling disputes between physicians and health institutions, and creating a permanent binding arbitration committee agreeable to both physicians and management.

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