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Meanings of arbitrator in English

Portuguese
árbitro
Catalan
àrbitre
Spanish
árbitro

Someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue.

        árbitro

        Attorney, business professional, or retired judge with expertise in a particular field who, as an impartial third party, hears and decides disputes between opposing parties.

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                Examples for "umpire"
                1
                They don't need to change, we just need to umpire them consistently.
                News.com.au
                2
                If the umpire hasn't given it, that must be the right thing.
                The Guardian
                3
                One could even work out statistics for each umpire over a series.
                The Guardian
                4
                The umpire is chosen by both sides to decide questions in dispute.
                Healthful Sports for Boys
                5
                Immediately the umpire called tournament director Ken Farrar out on to court.
                The Guardian
                1
                He is the final arbiter of what information should be made public.
                The Irish Times
                2
                The arbiter on this point of anguish replied in his characteristic manner:
                The Lincoln Story Book / A Judicious Collection of the Best Stor...
                3
                The ultimate arbiter in all such matters must be the Ethical Man.
                A Handbook of Ethical Theory
                4
                He is the arbiter of the diverse, and he is the key.
                Poems by Walt Whitman
                5
                Science is not, and can never be, the final arbiter of truth.
                The Guardian
                Usage of arbitrator in English
                1
                Aristides was elected arbitrator in the relative proportions of the general taxation.
                Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book IV
                2
                Among them: evidence that an arbitrator was biased or misapplied the law.
                Reuters
                3
                FINRA is also enhancing arbitrator training on the issue, the spokeswoman said.
                Reuters
                4
                According to reports, Wideman could appeal the decision to a neutral arbitrator.
                Reuters
                5
                The central power must step in as an arbitrator and prevent this.
                Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
                6
                He also had to wonder at the income level of an arbitrator.
                Hollow World
                7
                The matter was therefore submitted to arbitration, President Cleveland appointing the arbitrator.
                The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 50...
                8
                But few people would guess the arbitrator of whom I made choice.
                The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 12
                9
                The arbitrator has not been selected, CN spokesman Mark Hallman told Reuters.
                Reuters
                10
                He was their arbitrator, their adviser, their oracle, their bond of union.
                Fabre, Poet of Science
                11
                On Sunday night, the arbitrator denied Express Scripts' preliminary request for injunctive relief.
                Reuters
                12
                Securities industry arbitration rules required the arbitrator to disclose those details, Schall ruled.
                Reuters
                13
                Astilean said in an interview that he plans to challenge the arbitrator's ruling.
                Reuters
                14
                Rejection by the arbitrator is likely to trigger a programme of industrial action.
                The Irish Times
                15
                The ombudsman is an independent arbitrator who rules on disputes concerning credit institutions.
                The Irish Times
                16
                The SUN is the great arbitrator between the white and the black man.
                The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, And Explorations of...
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                Catalan
                àrbitre
                Arbitrator through the time
                Arbitrator across language varieties
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