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settlement
[ set-l-muhnt ]
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.
- 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.
- a community formed and populated by members of a particular religious or ideological group:
a Shaker settlement.
- the satisfying of a claim or demand; a coming to terms.
- Law.
- final disposition of an estate or the like.
- 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.
- Also called settlement house. Social Work. an establishment in an underprivileged area providing social services to local residents.
- a subsidence or sinking of all or part of a structure.
settlement
/ ˈ²õÉ›³ÙÉ™±ô³¾É™²Ô³Ù /
noun
- the act or state of settling or being settled
- the establishment of a new region; colonization
- a place newly settled; colony
- a collection of dwellings forming a community, esp on a frontier
- a community formed by members of a group, esp of a religious sect
- a public building used to provide educational and general welfare facilities for persons living in deprived areas
- a subsidence of all or part of a structure
- the payment of an outstanding account, invoice, charge, etc
- ( as modifier )
settlement day
- an adjustment or agreement reached in matters of finance, business, etc
- law
- a conveyance, usually to trustees, of property to be enjoyed by several persons in succession
- the deed or other instrument conveying such property
- the determination of a dispute, etc, by mutual agreement without resorting to legal proceedings
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·²õ±ð³Ùt±ô±ð·³¾±ð²Ô³Ù noun
- ´Çv±ð°ù·²õ±ð³Ùt±ô±ð·³¾±ð²Ô³Ù noun
- ±è°ù±ð·²õ±ð³Ùt±ô±ð·³¾±ð²Ô³Ù noun
- °ù±ð·²õ±ð³Ùt±ô±ð·³¾±ð²Ô³Ù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of settlement1
Example Sentences
“This is a historic settlement,†he said, noting that he couldn’t find a larger sex abuse settlement anywhere in the world.
Instead, its 11 members unanimously voted for a $1.6-million settlement at a March 25 board meeting.
Few details are known about the group, other than they are a hunter-gatherer community who live in small settlements and are "extremely healthy", he said.
Watkins agreed to the suspension under a stipulated settlement with the state’s dental board.
The bank paid $50 million for violations of the code in 2016 in the first major settlement arising out of the San Francisco bank’s fake-accounts scandal, which ultimately cost it billions.
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