The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. The condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree; difference: "narrow the economic disparities among regions and industries” ( Courtenay Slater).
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state or character of being disparate.
n. Dissimilitude; extreme unlikeness; specifically, a degree of unlikeness so great that it renders comparison impossible.
n. One of two or more unlike things; a disparate.
n.Synonyms Dissimilarity, etc. (see difference), disproportion.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
n. inequality or difference in some respect
Word Usage
"Business South Africa is to petition the Constitutional Court on what it describes as a disparity in collective bargaining rights for employers and employees in the final constitution adopted on"