Settlement, especially in an area that has no official incorporation or legal claim made on it. / (nonstandard) The act of settling, or becoming firm or fixed in position.

The act of settling. / The state of being settled. / A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times).

plural of settlement

A village in the British Virgin Islands.

A particular region of Russia from 1791 to 1917, designated for Jews.

plural of settlement agreement

(law) A contractual agreement between parties to actual or potential litigation by which each party agrees to a resolution of the underlying dispute.

(historical) A group of British territories located in Southeast Asia that consists of modern day Malacca, Penang and Perak in Malaysia, Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in Australia and Singapore.

(principally historical) An institution providing various community services, usually to the urban poor.

plural of settlement date