English Dictionary

settlement

/ˈset.l.mənt/

noun

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).

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）

(finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.

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.