10. settlement the satisfying of a claim or demand; a coming to terms.
11. settlement final disposition, through legal proceedings, of opposing claims, an estate, etc.
12. settlement the settling of property, title, etc., upon a person.
13. settlement the property so settled.
14. settlement Also called settlement house. an establishment in an underprivileged area providing social services to local residents.
15. settlement a subsidence or sinking of all or part of a structure.
Etymology: (1620–1630)
Definition of 'Settlement'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)colony, settlement 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 "the American colony in Paris"
2. (noun)village, small town, settlement a community of people smaller than a town
3. (noun)settlement a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
4. (noun)colonization, colonisation, settlement the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies "the British colonization of America"
5. (noun)settlement, resolution, closure something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"
6. (noun)settlement an area where a group of families live together
7. (noun)liquidation, settlement termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
1. (noun)settlement a legal agreement to end a disagreement a peace settlement; Doctors and the insurance company have finally reached a settlement.
2. settlement a previously empty place where a smallgroup has come to live a new settlement on the edge of the desert
Definition of 'Settlement'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Settlement the act of setting, or the state of being settled
2. (noun)Settlement establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor
3. (noun)Settlement the act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country
4. (noun)Settlement the act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc
5. (noun)Settlement bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanentmanner
6. (noun)Settlement a disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it
7. (noun)Settlement that which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed
8. (noun)Settlement matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs
10. (noun)Settlement that which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary
12. (noun)Settlement fractures or dislocations caused by settlement
13. (noun)Settlement a settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support
Definitions of Settlement 
Afrikaans: ooreenkoms
Arabic: إّفاق
Bulgarian: споразумение
Brazilian: acordo
Czech: dohoda
German: dasÜbereinkommen/bringen
Danish: forlig
Greek: συμφωνία, ρύθμιση, διακαν
Spanish: acuerdo, convenio
Estonian: kokkulepe
Farsi: توافق
Finnish: sopimus
French: accord
Hebrew: הסדר
Hindi: समझौता
Croatian: nagodba, ugovor
Hungarian: egyezség
Indonesian: persetujuan
Icelandic: samkomulag
Italian: accordo
Japanese: 協定
Korean: 해결
Lithuanian: susitarimas, sprendimas
Latvian: vienošanās; (jautājuma) n
Malay: persetujuan
Dutch: regeling
Norwegian: ordning, avtale
Polish: porozumienie
Persian: توافق
Pashto: ميشتېدنه، استوګنه، ځاى په
Portuguese: acordo
Romanian: acord
Russian: соглашение
Slovak: dohoda
Slovenian: dogovor
Serbian: sporazum
Swedish: uppgörelse
Thai: การตกลง
Turkish: anlaşma
Taiwanese: 協議
Ukrainian: угода, домовленість
Urdu: تصفیہ، سمجھوتا
Vietnamese: sự dàn xếp
Chinese: 解决，协议
