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1. (noun) colonysettlement
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) villagesmall townsettlement
a community of people smaller than a town


3. (noun) settlement
a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it


4. (noun) colonizationcolonisationsettlement
the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
"the British colonization of America"

5. (noun) settlementresolutionclosure
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) liquidationsettlement
termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities



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