dispute

dispute di‧spute [dɪˈspjuːt,ˈdɪspjuːt] noun

1. [countable, uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES a serious disagreement between two groups of people, especially a disagreement between workers and their employers in which the workers take action to protest:

• The amount of working time lost through disputes and stoppages has fallen dramatically.

• a pay dispute involving 450 staff

dispute between

• Several disputes have broken out between businesses competing for the best locations.

dispute over

• their long-running dispute over copyright

demarˈcation disˌpute [countable]

HUMAN RESOURCES a disagreement between different trade unions about which workers should do which jobs:

• The company has a flexible workforce in that workers can each carry out a number of different jobs without demarcation disputes.

inˌdustrial disˈpute [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES

another name for labour dispute:

• a prolonged industrial dispute

ˈlabour disˌpute , labor dispute [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES

a disagreement between the managers and workers of a company, sometimes resulting in a strike:

• The labor dispute at their Boston plant was settled recently.

ˈtrade disˌpute

1. [countable] ECONOMICS a disagreement about trade between countries or companies in different countries:

• a trade dispute between China and the Republic of Korea

2. [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES another name for labour dispute

2. be in dispute (with somebody) if two groups of people are in dispute, they are involved in a disagreement:

• The EU is in dispute with the German government over the level of their production subsidies.

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dispute UK US /ˈdɪspjuːt/ noun [C or U]

► an argument or disagreement, especially an official one: »

The judge urged the feuding partners to settle their legal dispute .

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Staff have been in a long-running pay dispute with the company.

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An official involved in the dispute said that the attorney has indicated he is likely to agree to the revised terms.

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He was in dispute with his last company, which had terminated his contract.

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Workers at the car plant are to stage a fresh strike in a dispute over pay.

dispute between/with sb/sth (and sb/sth) »

The dispute between Brazil and the United States over immigration checks continued.

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a bitter/long-running dispute

● in dispute — Cf. in dispute

→ See also ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION(Cf. ↑alternative dispute resolution), CREDIT DISPUTE LETTER(Cf. ↑credit dispute letter), DEMARCATION DISPUTE(Cf. ↑demarcation dispute), EMPLOYMENT DISPUTE(Cf. ↑employment dispute), INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE(Cf. ↑industrial dispute), INSURANCE DISPUTE(Cf. ↑insurance dispute), LETTER OF DISPUTE(Cf. ↑letter of dispute), TRADE DISPUTE(Cf. ↑trade dispute)

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dispute UK US /dɪˈspjuːt/ verb [T]

► to disagree with or express doubts about something: »

Health insurers dispute the doctors' statement that they don't pay enough to make up for the cost of the vaccine.

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Many in the television industry dispute research findings suggesting negative long-term effects of television violence.