matter in dispute

matter in dispute noun argument, bone of connention, case, concern, conclusion, conflict, contention, contentiousness, contestation, controversy, crux, debate, dialogue, disputation, dispute, essence of the dispute, feud, fight, fighting, focus of attention, formal argument, fracas, hostility, imbroglio, issue, item for the agenda, litigation, matter, matter being examined in depth, matter in hand, matter under investigation, open controversy, open quarrel, plot, point, point at issue, point in question, polemic, position, pretext, problem, purport, quarrel, quarreling, question at issue, point at issue, rationale, reason, refutation, result, stance, subject, subject matter, substance, text, thesis
Associated concepts: subject matter of dispute

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See also: problem