Object

• dispute: If you do not and things do not go well you will have no legal recourse to settle the dispute.

• claim: However, there is still good reason to resist the temptation to routinely settle these claims.

• matter: First, try discussing the matter with the offender directly in order to settle the matter informally.

• invoice: You can settle the invoice by Direct Debit, credit card or debit card.

• nerve: I had a bit of a panic about meeting too many people and ordered a swift one, just to settle the nerves.

• argument: The perfect way to settle every football argument or demonstrate tactics that should have been used on the pitch.

Preposition: into

• pattern: This may change after the initial launch as the use of the building settles into a regular pattern.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• upon: John proves himself to be a cad, a bounder and a rotter, bedding whichever ladies his eye settles upon.

Used with why or when

• wherever: The rich and powerful can travel and settle wherever they please, why not the poor?

Preposition: for

• silver: That slip cost Russia the team gold, and they had to settle for silver.

• anything: Don't settle for anything less than a 17 " LCD monitor June 22, 2006.

Infinitive complement

• sleep: Gradually our dog got used to the fact I was going out and settled down to sleep.

Preposition: for

• draw: With Blair looking groggy, the " big four " leaders pulled their punches and settled for a three-round draw on points.

Preposition: by

• negotiation: Moreover, many more cases are settled by negotiation out of court than by the judges.