dispute
verb
- disagree, argue with
noun
- a situation in which a customer questions the validity of a transaction that was registered to a credit card or debit card account
- argument
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpjuːt/ / [dɪsˈpʰjʊu̯t] / /ˈdɪs.pjuːt/ / [dɪsˈpjʊu̯t] / /dɪsˈpjut/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin disputo Old French desputerbor. Middle English disputen English dispute From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disputāre (“to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate”), from dis- (“apart”) + putāre (“to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.
- An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.
“But is not this dispute over the question whether we have free will or not very like a dispute that we might engage in over the color of a tree — whether it be green or blue?”
- An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.
“Canadian experience throws light on the relative merits of a separate board for each dispute as compared with a permanent board to hear all disputes.”
“A "who-does-what" labour dispute at Swindon works during April led to a stoppage of work on the construction of the new 0-6-0 Type 1 diesel-hydraulic locomotives of the D9500 series and work had not been resumed as we closed for press.”
- Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
“Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin disputo Old French desputerbor. Middle English disputen English dispute From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disputāre (“to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate”), from dis- (“apart”) + putāre (“to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.
- to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
“"Now, though thy thoughts are green and tender, as becometh one so young, yet are they those of a thinking brain, and in truth thou dost bring back to my mind certain of those old philosophers with whom in days bygone I have disputed at Athens, and at Becca in Arabia, for thou hast the same crabbed air and dusty look, as though thou hadst passed thy days in reading ill-writ Greek, and been stained dark with the grime of manuscripts."”
- to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
“Some residents disputed the proposal, saying it was based more on emotion than fact.”
- to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
“to dispute assertions or arguments”
“to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance”
- to strive or contend about; to contest
“to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards”
- to struggle against; to resist
“Dispute it [grief] like a man.”