DISpute/disPUTE?

[ANNE V. GILBERT]

Lynne:

> A colleague asked me about these yesterday.  She wonders if Americans say
> DISpute for the noun or verb.  I say disPUTE for both, so couldn't help
> her.  I assume this goes along with the CONtract conversation...

AFAIK, it's disPUTE, at least out here in Rain City, otherwise known as
Seattle.  At least I've never heard anything else?  Is this another one of
those "regional" things?
Anne G