arbitration
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Sense 1 noun
(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)
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Sense 2 noun
the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment
they submitted their disagreement to arbitration
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | intermediate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | arbitral |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mediation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intermediate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | arbitral |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | judicial decision |