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noun

the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.

the act of making stable or putting on a permanent basis.

a state of stability or permanence.

an arrangement or adjustment, as of business affairs or a disagreement.

an agreement signed after labor negotiations between union and management.

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the terms reached in this agreement.

the settling of persons in a new country or place.

a colony, especially in its early stages.

a small community, village, or group of houses in a thinly populated area.

10.

a community formed and populated by members of a particular religious or ideological group: a Shaker settlement.

11.

the satisfying of a claim or demand; a coming to terms.

12.

Law.

final disposition of an estate or the like.

the settling of property, title, etc., upon a person.

the property so settled.

13.

British.

legal residence in a specific place.

(of a pauper) the right to claim food and shelter from an official agency or specific town or district.

14.

Also called settlement house. Social Work. an establishment in an underprivileged area providing social services to local residents.

15.

a subsidence or sinking of all or part of a structure.

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Origin:
1620–30; settle¹ + -ment

Related forms

non·set·tle·ment, noun

o·ver·set·tle·ment, noun

pre·set·tle·ment, noun

re·set·tle·ment, noun

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Example Sentences

Bennett, who represented the woman at the time, said the payment was meant as a settlement in response to her accusations.

It is also the first such settlement with a for-profit college, the release says.

Seriously, if settlement building resumes, then no peace will come.

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Bennett, who represented the woman at the time, said the payment was meant as a settlement in response to her accusations.

It is also the first such settlement with a for-profit college, the release says.

Seriously, if settlement building resumes, then no peace will come.

As the search continues, the team hopes that additional finds will suggest a settlement pattern along the ancient coastline.

Take a look at those settlement locations now if you think not.

But it wasn't so easy to navigate the settlement itself.

Intuit declined to disclose financial terms of the settlement.

In those cases, the companies' insurance policies did not cover the cost of the settlement.

The remainder of the settlement will be paid by the university and its insurance company.

There is no realistic prospect of a settlement in the foreseeable future.

Explain that this lesson will focus on environmental impacts related to human activities and settlement close to the coast.

The team began excavating what they thought was a midden, a pile of trash left behind when a settlement or camp is abandoned.

If both parties agree to the proposal, the settlement will be by far the largest to date in the hacking case.

The university declined to comment on the settlement.

Debtors may wish to drive a hard bargain but that risks delaying a settlement.

Human settlement is affected by the distribution of resources.

He says the scrolls had nothing to do with the settlement.

It was the largest health care fraud settlement and the largest criminal fine of any kind ever.

The two sides have agreed to keep confidential the terms of the settlement.

He also said he was unaware of any financial settlement being paid.

The artist captures the transition from wilderness to settlement.

Little was settled in the first round of foreclosure settlement talks.

Or it must accept painful conditions in a settlement.

His uncle took the boy from his treehouse to live in a settlement.

But the auction price of the cash settlement may not represent the eventual recovery rate after the company has been wound up.

From early settlement days, the cultural arts have been an important component of cities and towns across the state.

The desert habitat in which the onagers thrive is disappearing rapidly due to human settlement and overgrazing.

Crew's sales process have broken off a settlement reached only weeks ago, their lawyers said in a court filing.

Aulner and the state university system agreed to the settlement after a day of negotiations in federal court.

But his private dissatisfaction with the defence settlement is palpable.

The settlement likely housed the builders of the famous monument, archaeologists.

These can then be used to purchase other materials or special cards which develop your settlement.

The deal is widely believed to be the biggest settlement over fake vintage photography.

Mining will require a lunar base, which will open the door for settlement.

His resignation was part of a settlement that brought the case to a close.

Whether it makes a settlement more likely is less clear.

Below are several examples of ways that human settlement in coastal areas negatively impacts marine life.

Levees create the illusion of safety that promotes further settlement and development of floodplain lands.

The first settlement was a jumble of canvas tents, clapboard shops and saloons clustered near a muddy creek.

The outcrops near the coal-mining settlement still have some equipment and structures from old-time installations.

Details of the settlement with the professor, including his reinstatement, were not disclosed.

They built common rooms in the central settlement of each village for grinding shared stores of corn into flour.

The two families had opted out of a settlement accepted by survivors and relatives of other victims of the shootings.

Even some winners would be on the hook, if the jury award is much less than they had previously been offered in a settlement.

The cemetery-the interesting thing about it is that when the cemetery was in use there was no settlement nearby.

Sessoms and five other administrators have lost their academic tenure as part of a settlement with the school's faculty.

Others have stopped fighting but are holding out for a political settlement and refusing to disarm until they get.

Offering the boys gifts of ribbon, he eased their fears and was soon led to the settlement of tepees.

In his view, this riverside settlement was an affluent suburb situated on reclaimed land outside the city walls.

Each settlement is organized around a central plaza and linked to others via precisely placed roads.

Instead, supplies to the settlement have to be flown in or ferried upriver.

But the settlement is a big personal black mark and speculation is growing that he will be forced to step aside in coming months.

He built a monolithic trading, clearing and settlement structure, despite its unpopularity with some regulators.

The rich settlement against a foreign firm is a landmark.

Any settlement would come with strings attached, perhaps even on conflict avoidance.

Crew settlement over its proposed leveraged buyout collapsed.

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World English Dictionary

settlement (ˈsɛt^əlmənt)

—n
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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Word Origin & History

settlement

1645, "act of fixing or steadying;" from settle (v.). Meaning "colony" is attested from 1697; that of "payment of an account" is from 1729

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