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Vinony

arbiter

noun

  1. electronic device that allocates access to shared resources
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.bɪ.tə(ɹ)/ / /ˈɑɹ.bɪ.tɚ/ / [ˈɑɹ.bɪ.ɾɚ]

noun

Etymology: From Middle English arbiter, arbytour, arbitre, from Old French arbitre, from Latin arbiter (“a witness, judge, literally one who goes to see”).

  1. A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.

    “In order to protect individual liberty there must be an arbiter between the governing powers and the governed.”

  2. A person or object having the power of judging, determining, or ordaining; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.

    “Television and film, not Vogue and similar magazines, are the arbiters of fashion.”

    “The grapholect of Standard English is not the exclusive system that arbiters of cultural purity wish to 'correct' us into believing”

  3. A component in circuitry that allocates scarce resources.
  4. The person who oversees a chess match and ensures the rules are followed.

    “The arbiter shall use his best judgement when determining the times to be shown on the replacement chess clock.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English arbiter, arbytour, arbitre, from Old French arbitre, from Latin arbiter (“a witness, judge, literally one who goes to see”).

  1. To act as an arbiter.

    “Worse, since there was no institution to arbiter disagreements between Parliament and the government, whenever Parliament voted against the government on the smallest issues, coalitions fragmented, and governments had to be recomposed.”