Settlement

noun
'sɛtəl_mənt

Noun

  • something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

    they finally reached a settlement with the union

    Type of:Deciding
  • the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

    Type of:FormationOrganisationOrganization
  • a community of people smaller than a town

    Similar:Village
    Type of:Community
  • termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

    Similar:Liquidation
    Type of:EndingTerminationConclusion
  • a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

    Similar:Colony
    Type of:Body
  • a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

    Type of:UnderstandingAgreement
  • an area where a group of families live together

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