settled
settled

settlement


Definition: Meaning of, settlement in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈsɛt(ə)lm(ə)nt /

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settlement settlements
  1. official agreement [countable] an official agreement or decision that ends an argument, a court case, or a fight, or the action of making an agreement
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  2. payment [uncountable] formal when you pay all the money that you owe
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  3. group of houses [countable] a group of houses and buildings where people live, especially in a place where few people have lived before
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  4. new area/places [uncountable] when a lot of people move to a place in order to live there, especially in a place where not many people have lived before
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  5. sinking [uncountable] technical the process in which a building or the ground slowly sinks downwards [=  subsidence]
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settlement used in phrases

  • frontier settlement (noun)
    1. a settlement on the frontier of civilization
  • marriage settlement (noun)
    1. a prenuptial agreement or contract
  • out-of-court settlement (noun)
    1. an agreement to end a legal argument, in which one side agrees to pay money to the other so that the problem is not brought to court
  • property settlement (noun)
    1. matrimonial law the division of property owned or acquired by marriage partners during their marriage
  • settlement house (noun)
    1. a centre in an underprivileged area that provides community services
  • viatical settlement (noun)
    1. cash derived from sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder
    2. sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder
  • viaticus settlement (noun)
    1. sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder
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