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Spell Bee Word: Arbitration

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What does arbitration mean?

Word: Arbitration

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Arbitration means the way of ending a disagreement by asking a neutral person or group to listen to both sides and decide.

Synonyms: adjudication

How do you spell arbitration?

Syllables: ar - bi - tra - tion

Tricky part: Students drop the r after the t (arbitation) or slip one in too early, after the b (arbritation).

Watch out for: arbitation, arbritation, arbitrasion

Memory tip: Arbitration has two r's: one at the very start and one straight after the t.

Arbitration in a sentence

Example 1: The two companies agreed to go to arbitration instead of court.

Example 2: Arbitration ended the quarrel over the shared wall.

Example 3: The workers' union asked for arbitration over the new hours.

Next steps

Fun Fact

Countries use arbitration too. In 2014 a tribunal under the Permanent Court of Arbitration settled the sea boundary between India and Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal.

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Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

arbitration

a) rebellion
b) settlement
c) conspiracy
d) dispute

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b) settlement. Arbitration leads to a settlement, while a dispute is the problem it solves.

Word Cookie

Fill in the two missing letters:

arb_tr_tion

a) e,a
b) i,a
c) a,a
d) i,e

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b) i,a. Arbitrate is inside it, so the vowels match: i after arb, a after tr.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) negotiasion
b) compitition
c) arbitration
d) selebration

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c) arbitration. Negotiation ends in tion, competition has pet in the middle, and celebration starts with c.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Two clubs quarrel over a cricket ground and agree to arbitration. What happens next?

a) a newspaper prints the whole story
b) they never speak to each other again
c) the council fines both clubs
d) someone fair hears both and decides

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d) someone fair hears both and decides

2. The person who decides in an arbitration is called an ____.

a) anchor
b) author
c) archer
d) arbiter

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d) arbiter

Associated Words

Words that end in -ation: conservation, respiration, inflation, investigation, accreditation, abdication

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