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• Legal dispute over Quebec's language policy — The legal dispute over Quebec s language policy began soon after the enactment of the Charter of the French Language by the National Assembly of Quebec in 1977. The Charter, enacted under the Parti Québécois government of René Lévesque, expanded… …   Wikipedia

• 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… …   Financial and business terms

• dispute — dis·pute 1 /di spyüt/ vb dis·put·ed, dis·put·ing vi: to engage in a dispute disputing with management over contract terms vt: to engage in a dispute over disputing the correct application of the contract provision; esp: to oppose by argume …   Law dictionary

• dispute — 01. The labor [dispute] has lasted for over 6 months now, and there is no end in sight. 02. You can t [dispute] the fact that you kissed my wife; I saw you myself. 03. He won his pay [dispute] with his employer after the union intervened. 04. The …   Grammatical examples in English

• dispute — dis|pute1 W2 [dıˈspju:t, ˈdıspju:t] n [U and C] 1.) a serious argument or disagreement dispute with ▪ The firm is involved in a legal dispute with a rival company. dispute over ▪ He got into a dispute over a taxi fare. ▪ Every effort was made to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• dispute — dis|pute1 [ dı spjut ] noun count or uncount *** a serious disagreement, especially one between groups of people that lasts for a long time: dispute between: a territorial dispute between rival gangs dispute over: a dispute over pay dispute with …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dispute — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, major, serious ▪ There is considerable dispute over the precise definition of ‘social class’ as a term. ▪ The incident sparked off a major dispute between the two countries. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• dispute — [[t]dɪspju͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦ disputes, disputing, disputed 1) N VAR: usu with supp, oft N with/over n, N between pl n A dispute is an argument or disagreement between people or groups. They have won previous pay disputes with the government...… …   English dictionary

• dispute — I n. 1) to stir up a dispute about 2) to arbitrate; resolve, settle a dispute (to settle a dispute out of court) 3) an acrimonious, bitter, heated, sharp; public dispute 4) a border; labor dispute 5) a dispute about, over; with 6) in dispute… …   Combinatory dictionary

• dispute — I UK [dɪˈspjuːt] / UK [ˈdɪspjuːt] / US [dɪˈspjut] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms dispute : singular dispute plural disputes *** a serious disagreement, especially one between groups of people that lasts for a long time dispute between: a …   English dictionary

• dispute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. contradict, controvert, doubt, contest, question; argue, debate, quarrel, bicker, wrangle. n. disputation, debate, argument, disagreement. See discord, negation, reasoning. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …   English dictionary for students