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settlement definition

set·tle·ment (-mənt)

noun

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

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business settlement definition - business

finance settlement definition - finance

law settlement definition - legal

settlement Synonyms

settlement

n.

  1. An agreement

    covenant, arrangement, compact; see agreement 3, contract.

  2. A payment

    compensation, remuneration, reimbursement; see adjustment 2, pay 2.

  3. A colony

    principality, plantation, establishment, foundation.

  4. A small community

    village, town, hamlet; see town 1, village.


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settlement Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • dispute: We shall continue to work for the peaceful and just settlement of disputes and the strengthening of international cooperation.

Converse of object

  • negotiate: They sought always to exhaust every possibility of a negotiated settlement.

Adjective modifier

  • out-of-court: Affected workers have received out-of-court settlements ranging from several hundred pounds to more than £ 100,000.

Modifies a noun

  • pattern: The opening of the Cambrian Railroad in 1867 brought immense changes to the settlement patterns of the coastal strip.

Noun used with modifier

  • devolution: Scotland needs a devolution settlement in which lines of accountability are crystal clear.
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settlement quotes

Regimented minds cannot grasp the concept of confrontation as an open exchange of major differences with a view to settlement through genuine dialogue.

-Aung San Suu Kyi

After all the doors were shut, our region is facing a deep abyss after the turning of the Gulf crisis into an imminent catastrophe.We have not left a door that we did not knockon, ora road that we did not taketofind a political settlement of this crisis.

-Hussein, ibnTalal

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