settlement house

Variant of settlement

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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