settlement

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The act of setting, or the state of being settled.

2. 2noun

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

3. 3noun

   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. 4noun

   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. 5noun

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

6. 6noun

   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. 7noun

   That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed.

8. 8noun

   Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.

9. 9noun

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

10. 10noun

    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. 11noun

    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. 12noun

    Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.

13. 13noun

    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.

14. 14noun

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

    Synonyms

    liquidation
15. 15noun

    the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

    "the British colonization of America"

    Synonyms

    colonisationcolonization
16. 16noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    closureresolution
17. 17noun

    a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

18. 18noun

    a community of people smaller than a town

    Synonyms

    village
19. 19noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    colony
20. 20noun

    an area where a group of families live together