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settlement

[ set-l-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
  2. the act of making stable or putting on a permanent basis.
  3. a state of stability or permanence.
  4. an arrangement or adjustment, as of business affairs or a disagreement.
  5. an agreement signed after labor negotiations between union and management.
  6. the terms reached in this agreement.
  7. the settling of persons in a new country or place.
  8. a colony, especially in its early stages.
  9. 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.
    1. final disposition of an estate or the like.
    2. the settling settle settling of property, title, etc., upon a person.
    3. the property so settled. settle.
  13. British.
    1. legal residence in a specific place.
    2. (of a pauper) the right to claim food and shelter from an official agency or specific town or district.
  14. Also called settlement 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.


settlement

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noun

  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
    1. the payment of an outstanding account, invoice, charge, etc
    2. ( as modifier )

      settlement day

  8. an adjustment or agreement reached in matters of finance, business, etc
  9. law
    1. a conveyance, usually to trustees, of property to be enjoyed by several persons in succession
    2. the deed or other instrument conveying such property
    3. the determination of a dispute, etc, by mutual agreement without resorting to legal proceedings
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of settlement1

First recorded in 1620–30; settle 1 + -ment
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“This is a historic settlement,†he said, noting that he couldn’t find a larger sex abuse settlement anywhere in the world.

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Instead, its 11 members unanimously voted for a $1.6-million settlement at a March 25 board meeting.

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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.

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Watkins agreed to the suspension under a stipulated settlement with the state’s dental board.

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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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