settlement
The act of settlingThe act of settling.
» Tom was happy with the settlement.
Meaning
12 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of settling.
settlement of debt
the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
(countable, uncountable)The state of being settled.
Regelung, Regulierung, Erledigung
урегули́рованиеuregulírovanije, удовлетворе́ниеudovletvorénije, реше́ниеrešénije
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
(countable, uncountable)A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
Ansiedlung, Siedlung, Niederlassung
поселе́ниеposelénije, коло́нияkolónija, посёлокposjólok
посе́ленняposélennja, оса́даosáda
(countable, uncountable)A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
Siedlung
населённый пунктnaseljónnyj punkt
насе́лений пунктnasélenyj punkt, посе́ленняposélennja
a community of people smaller than a town
(countable, uncountable)A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
an area where a group of families live together
(countable, uncountable)The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
Absenkung, Senkung
(countable, uncountable)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.
Abrechnung
(countable, uncountable)A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
Überschreibung
(countable, uncountable)A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
Wohnsitz
(countable, uncountable)A resolution of a dispute.
Vergleich, Ausgleich, Abfindung
a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
(countable, uncountable)A mutual agreement to end a dispute without resorting to legal proceedings, also known as an out-of-court settlement or settling out of court.
(India, countable, historical, uncountable)An estate or district in Anglo-Indian Bengal where, instead of taking a quota of the year's produce, the government took a fixed sum several times a year from the local cultivators.
Examples
77 sentencesTom was happy with the settlement.
Tom wasn't completely happy with the settlement.
We expect an early settlement of the affair.
We've finally reached a settlement.
I heard about that settlement.
Translations
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Forms
plural: settlements| Singular | settlement |
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Synonyms
11 synonyms- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making:resolutionclosure
- termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities:liquidation
- a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government:colony
- the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies:colonizationcolonisation
- a community of people smaller than a town:villagesmall town
Word family
23 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable