arbitration-n; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: act of arbitrating

Commentary: ARBITRATION[+event] arbitrament, arbitrement - the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgement

Examples:
They submitted their disagreement to arbitration.
Arbitration in the school is handled by the administration.

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 2: law: hearing

Commentary: ARBITRATION[+event] (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management)

Examples:
The arbitration is scheduled for August 1st.
They're hoping to settle this dispute quickly in arbitration.

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 3: none of the above

Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)

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