| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| arbitrate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ar·bi·trate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  är b -tr t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: ar·bi·trat·ed, ar·bi·trat·ing, ar·bi·trates
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To judge or decide in or as in the manner of an arbitrator: arbitrate a dispute between neighbors. 2. To submit to settlement or judgment by arbitration: Management and labor agreed to arbitrate their remaining differences. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To serve as an arbitrator or arbiter. 2. To submit a dispute to arbitration. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin arbitrr , arbitrt-, to give judgment, from arbiter, arbitr-, arbiter. | | OTHER FORMS: | arbi·trative (-trtv) —ADJECTIVE
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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