Definitions of settlement [ˈsɛt l mənt]

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Definition of 'settlement'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) settlement
the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.

2.  settlement
the act of making stable or putting on a permanent basis.

3.  settlement
a state of stability or permanence.

4.  settlement
an arrangement or adjustment, as of business affairs.

5.  settlement
an agreement signed after labor negotiations between union and management.

6.  settlement
the settling of persons in a new country or place.

7.  settlement
a colony, esp. in its early stages.

8.  settlement
a small community or group of houses in a thinly populated area.

9.  settlement
a community formed by members of a particular religious or ideological group.

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

Definition of 'settlement'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

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 small group 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 permanent manner

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

9. (noun) settlement
a colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West

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

11. (noun) settlement
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. (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

Translation of 'settlement'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an agreement The two sides have at last reached a 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
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