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arbitrate (AR bi trayt") (verb)
1. To decide or to sit in judgment after listening to both sides: "The United Nations will try to arbitrate the dispute between the nations."
2. To settle an argument or a disagreement in which the people or groups on both sides present their opinions and ideas to a third person or group for settlement: "The teachers' union agreed to arbitrate its pay differences with the school board."
2. To settle an argument or a disagreement in which the people or groups on both sides present their opinions and ideas to a third person or group for settlement: "The teachers' union agreed to arbitrate its pay differences with the school board."
mediate (MEE dee ayt") (verb)
To bring about an agreement: "The lawyer tried to mediate between the car company and the auto union."
"To mediate a dispute is to try to find a middle ground or compromise on which both sides may agree."
At first Rex thought there would be a need to arbitrate an end to the disagreement; however, once all of the parties sat down together, they realized that it was possible to mediate an agreement without difficulties.
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