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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
  3. 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
  4. an institution in a depressed and congested neighborhood offering social services and educational and recreational activities

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.

settlement Finance Definition

The final and unconditional payment for a trading transaction.

settlement Law Definition

n

An agreement achieved between the adversaries before judgment in a trial, or before the trial begins, thereby obviating the need for it; completed payment of a debt or contractual obligation; a closing on a house; the completion by the executor of an estate of its distribution.

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.
  • nucleate: No significant nucleated settlement has survived at either of the early manorial centers, both of which lie adjacent to their respective parish churches.
  • reach: In five minutes ' walk from the wharf I could reach the undisturbed settlements of Nature.
  • agree: Your representative may agree a settlement on your behalf.
  • mediate: Q: What if the mediated settlement is unfair or unjust?
  • found: In so doing, he founded the earliest European settlement in the interior of what is now the United States.

Adjective modifier

  • out-of-court: Affected workers have received out-of-court settlements ranging from several hundred pounds to more than £ 100,000.
  • constitutional: Together, these will form a new constitutional settlement to empower frontline ward councilors in Westminster.
  • prehistoric: The AONB's headlands and hilltops show many traces of prehistoric settlement.
  • Neolithic: New evidence for the Neolithic settlement of Marawah Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  • peaceful: We will work to defeat terrorism wherever it occurs and to advance economic development, democratic reforms and peaceful settlement of regional disputes.

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.
  • divorce: In the divorce settlement I got both sets of forks.
  • Viking: You will also be able to experience the Viking style of life in the Viking settlement at the center.
  • squatter: Many migrants are forced to settle in shanty towns and squatter settlements.
  • dispute: Its dispute settlement body is in effect a world trade court.
  • peace: The ultimate shape of a Middle East peace settlement is well known.

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