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- DictionarySet·tle·ment/ˈsedlmənt/
noun
- 1. an official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict: "unions succeeded in reaching a pay settlement"
- 2. a place, typically one that has hitherto been uninhabited, where people establish a community: "the little settlement of Buttermere"
1. : the act or process of settling. 2. a. : an act of bestowing or giving possession under legal sanction. b. : the sum, estate, or income secured to one by such a settlement. 3. a. : occupation by settlers. b. : a place or region newly settled. c. : a small village. 4. : settlement house. 5. : an agreement composing differences. 6.
an official agreement or decision that ends an argument, often involving a payment of money: negotiate / reach a settlement. The lawyer negotiated an out-of-court settlement of $2 million. [ C or U ] payment of a debt: in settlement of sth I wrote a check for $200 in settlement of my debts.
the settling of persons in a new country or place. a colony, especially in its early stages. a small community, village, or group of houses in a thinly populated area. a community formed and populated by members of a particular religious or ideological group: a Shaker settlement.
settlement. noun. /ˈsetlmənt/ [countable] an official agreement that ends an argument between two people or groups. to negotiate a peace settlement. The management and unions have reached a settlement over new working conditions.
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.
settlement. noun. /ˈsɛt̮lmənt/ [countable] an official agreement that ends an argument between two people or groups to negotiate a peace settlement The management and unions have reached a settlement over new working conditions. an out-of-court settlement (= money that is paid to someone or an agreement that is made to stop someone going to court)
SETTLEMENT meaning: 1 : a formal agreement or decision that ends an argument or dispute; 2 : an amount of money that someone receives as part of such an agreement.
an official agreement that finishes an argument: a peace settlement. a town or village that people build to live in after arriving from somewhere else: a Jewish settlement.
A settlement is an agreement to end a disagreement or dispute without going to a court of law, for example by offering someone money.
the act or state of moving into or settling in a place, or the state of being settled:[ uncountable] a colony for settlement in the south. a colony, esp. in its early stages:[ countable] a small settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. [ countable] a small community, as in a thinly populated area.
