Princeton's WordNet

1. colony, settlement(noun)

   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. village, small town, settlement(noun)

   a community of people smaller than a town

3. settlement(noun)

   a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

4. colonization, colonisation, settlement(noun)

   the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

   "the British colonization of America"

5. settlement, resolution, closure(noun)

   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. settlement(noun)

   an area where a group of families live together

7. liquidation, settlement(noun)

   termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. settlement(noun)ˈsɛt l mənt

   a legal agreement to end a disagreement

   a peace settlement; Doctors and the insurance company have finally reached a settlement.

2. settlementˈsɛt l mənt

   a previously empty place where a small group has come to live

   a new settlement on the edge of the desert

Wiktionary

1. settlement(Noun)

   The state of being settled.

2. settlement(Noun)

   A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.

3. settlement(Noun)

   A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.

4. settlement(Noun)

   The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.

5. settlement(Noun)

   The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.

6. settlement(Noun)

   A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.

7. settlement(Noun)

   A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.

8. settlement(Noun)

   A resolution of a dispute.

Webster Dictionary

1. Settlement(noun)

   the act of setting, or the state of being settled

2. Settlement(noun)

   establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor

3. Settlement(noun)

   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. Settlement(noun)

   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. Settlement(noun)

   bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner

6. Settlement(noun)

   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. Settlement(noun)

   that which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed

8. Settlement(noun)

   matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs

9. Settlement(noun)

   a colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West

10. Settlement(noun)

    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

11. Settlement(noun)

    the gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material

12. Settlement(noun)

    fractures or dislocations caused by settlement

13. Settlement(noun)

    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

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