different between arbitrator vs arbitration

English

Alternative forms

• arbitratour (obsolete, rare)

Noun

arbitrator (plural arbitrators)

1. A person to whom the authority to settle or judge a dispute is delegated.

Synonyms

• arbiter

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References

• Arbitrator.com Information about arbitrators
• American Arbitration Association

Latin

Verb

arbitr?tor

1. second-person singular future active imperative of arbitror
2. third-person singular future active imperative of arbitror

References

• arbitrator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arbitrator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• arbitrator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

English

Etymology

From Middle English arbitracion, borrowed from Old French arbitration, from Latin arbitratio, from arbitrari (“to arbitrate, judge”); see arbitrate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.b??t?e?.??n/, [???.b??t????e?.?n?]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???.b??t?e?.??n/, [???.b??t????e?.?n?]
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

arbitration (countable and uncountable, plural arbitrations)

1. The act or process of arbitrating.
2. A process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute.
3. In general, a form of justice where both parties designate a person whose ruling they will accept formally. More specifically in Market Anarchist (market anarchy) theory, arbitration designates the process by which two agencies pre-negotiate a set of common rules in anticipation of cases where a customer from each agency is involved in a dispute.

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Further reading

• arbitration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• arbitration in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

arbitration f (plural arbitrations)

1. arbitration

Related terms

• arbitratif