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arbitrates

  • present tense form
    of arbitrate (3rd person singular).
    arbitrate
    verb (used with object)
    to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine.

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Bodner challenged his firing soon after with Finra, which arbitrates employment disputes brought by brokers and advisers.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

European leaders appealed to the World Trade Organisation, which arbitrates in trade disputes, and won.

From The Guardian Mar. 10, 2018

Instead, they’re pushing for a complete overhaul of the system by which the university arbitrates sexual harassment claims.

From Slate Sep. 14, 2017

Even as it has become a forum for more sensational events, live and otherwise, it has said it does not want to be a media company that overly arbitrates what is posted on its site.

From Seattle Times Apr. 17, 2017

Discussion and the general will arbitrates the question, and to this, private opinion yields with a good grace, and order is preserved uninterrupted.

From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man by Moncure Daniel Conway