A settlement is a colony or any small community of people. If a bunch of people build houses on the moon together, they’ll have the first lunar settlement. A settlement is also the resolution of something such as a lawsuit.
The act of setting, or the state of being settled.
Noun
termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
Noun
the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America"
Noun
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "the 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"
Noun
a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
Noun
a community of people smaller than a town
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
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an area where a group of families live together
n.
The act of setting, or the state of being settled.
n.
Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.;
ordination or installation as pastor.
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction;
the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent
manner.
n.
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.
n.
That which settles, or is settled, established, or
fixed.
n.
Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.
n.
A colony newly established; a place or region newly
settled; as, settlement in the West.
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
n.
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.
Settlement
Every man living has a design in his head upon wealth power, or settlement in the world.
My flocks, my fields, my woods, my pastures take, With settlement as good as law can make.
Fuller's earth left a thick settlement.
The act of setting, or the state of being settled.
Usage Examples
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
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Other Usage ExamplesI am deeply concerned that, without peace and a two-state solution, the Jewish and democratic nature of Israel is in danger. That's why I have opposed Israel's settlement policy since 1973, and that's why I have favored a two-state solution since 1967.
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
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