settlement

noun

The settlement of the dispute was reached after months of negotiations.

意味（1）

The act of settling.

settlement of debt

意味（2）

The state of being settled.

意味（3）

A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times).

意味（4）

A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.

意味（5）

(archeology) A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.

意味（6）

(architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.

意味（7）

意味（8）

(law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.

意味（9）

(law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.

意味（10）

(law) A resolution of a dispute.