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Meaning of Settlement in English

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Settlement

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Noun

1. colony, settlement

a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

Example Sentences:
'the American colony in Paris'

2. settlement, small town, village

a community of people smaller than a town

3. settlement

a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

4. colonisation, colonization, settlement

the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

Example Sentences:
'the British colonization of America'

5. closure, resolution, settlement

something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

Example Sentences:
'they finally reached a settlement with the union'
'they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences'
'he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure'

6. settlement

an area where a group of families live together

7. liquidation, settlement

termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Settlement

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noun
1. 
the act or state of settling or being settled
2. 
the establishment of a new region; colonization
3. 
a place newly settled; colony
4. 
a collection of dwellings forming a community, esp on a frontier
5. 
a community formed by members of a group, esp of a religious sect
6. 
a public building used to provide educational and general welfare facilities for persons living in deprived areas
7. 
a subsidence of all or part of a structure
8. 
a. 
the payment of an outstanding account, invoice, charge, etc
b. 
(as modifier)
settlement day
9. 
an adjustment or agreement reached in matters of finance, business, etc
10. law
a. 
a conveyance, usually to trustees, of property to be enjoyed by several persons in succession
b. 
the deed or other instrument conveying such property
c. 
the determination of a dispute, etc, by mutual agreement without resorting to legal proceedings

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Settlement

see synonyms of settlement
noun
1. 
a settling or being settled (in various senses)
2. 
a new colony, or a place newly colonized
3. 
a. 
a small or isolated community; village
b. 
a community established by the members of a particular religious or social group
4. 
an agreement, arrangement, or adjustment
5. 
a. 
the conveyance or disposition of property for the benefit of a person or persons
b. 
the property thus conveyed
6. 
an institution in a depressed and congested neighborhood offering social services and educational and recreational activities
: also settlement house

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Settlement

see synonyms of settlement
n.
1. The act or process of settling: the settlement of sediment.
2.
a. The settling or establishment of a person or a group of people, as in a new region or in a business.
b. A newly colonized region.
3. A small community.
4.
a. An arrangement or agreement reached, as in business proceedings or negotiating a dispute: a wage settlement; a peace settlement.
b. The resolution of a lawsuit or dispute by settling.
c. The process of reaching such an arrangement, agreement, or resolution.
5. Law
a. The legal determination of title to property.
b. The process of making the determinations and distributions associated with a trust.
6. A center providing community services in an underprivileged area. Also called settlement house.

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