Settlement

Noun

 * 1) The state of being settled.
 * 2) A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
 * 3)  The gradual sinking of a building.   Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
 * 4)  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.
 * 5)  A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
 * 6)  A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
 * 7)  A resolution of a dispute.

Synonyms

 * arrangement

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:settlement

Related terms

 * settler

Derived terms

 * settlement agreement

Verbs for Settlement
(colony)

abandon—; attack—; attempt—; defend—; desert—; endanger—; establish—; forsake —; fortify—; garrison—; guide—; imperil —; oppress—; plant—; ravage—; reinforce —; rule—; tyrannize over—; —decays; — colonizes; —dwindles; —governs; —flourishes; —languishes; —perishes; —pioneers; —progresses; —prospers ; —thrives.

Thesaurus
abalienation, abatement of differences, absolute indication, absolute interest, accommodation, acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, adjustment, affirmation, agreement, alienation, ally, amortization, amortizement, anchorage, appanage, arbitration, archduchy, archdukedom, arrangement, ashram, assignation, assignment, bargain, bargain and sale, barter, benefit, bequeathal, binder, body, body politic, buffer state, burden of proof, camp, captive nation, cash, cash payment, caste, cession, chieftaincy, chieftainry, choice, city-state, claim, clan, class, clearance, clearing, closing, colonization, colony, common, commonweal, commonwealth, commune, community, composition, composition of differences, compromise, concession, conclusion, conclusive evidence, conferment, conferral, confirmation, consignation, consignment, contingent interest, conveyance, conveyancing, cop-out, country, county, damning evidence, deal, debt service, deciding, decision, deeding, defrayal, defrayment, deliverance, delivery, demise, demonstration, deposit, desertion of principle, determination, disbursal, discharge, disposal, disposition, doling out, domain, dominion, dot, dower, down payment, dowry, duchy, dukedom, earldom, earnest, earnest money, easement, economic class, elimination, empeoplement, empery, empire, encampment, endogamous group, endowment, enfeoffment, equitable interest, equity, establishment, estate, evasion of responsibility, exchange, extended family, family, fixation, foundation, free city, gens, give-and-take, giving, giving way, grand duchy, hamlet, hire purchase, hire purchase plan, holding, inauguration, incontrovertible evidence, indisputable evidence, inhabitancy, inhabitation, inhabiting, initiation, installation, installment, installment plan, interest, interest payment, investiture, investment, ironclad proof, jointure, kingdom, kinship group, land, lease and release, legal jointure, limitation, liquidation, lodgment, mandant, mandate, mandated territory, mandatee, mandatory, marriage portion, moiety, monthly payments, mooring, mutual concession, nation, nationality, never-never, nuclear family, occupancy, occupation, onus, onus probandi, order, outpost, part, paying, paying off, paying out, paying up, payment, payment in kind, payoff, peoplement, peopling, percentage, phratria, phratry, phyle, plantation, polis, polity, population, portion, possession, post, power, prepayment, principality, principate, proof, protectorate, province, puppet government, puppet regime, quarterly payments, quietus, quittance, rapprochement, realm, reconciliation, regular payments, remittance, republic, residence, resolution, retirement, right, right of entry, sale, satellite, satisfaction, sealing, selection, seneschalty, setting, settling, showdown, signature, signing, sinking-fund payment, social class, society, solemnization, sovereign nation, spot cash, stabilization, stake, state, strict settlement, subcaste, sultanate, superpower, sure sign, surrender, terms, territory, thirds, title, toparchia, toparchy, totem, trading, transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal, trust, understanding, unmistakable sign, use, vested interest, vesting, village, weekly payments, working-out, yielding

Translations

 * French: ,
 * German:, Regulierung,  Erledigung
 * Greek:, διευθέτηση, τακτοποίηση
 * Japanese:


 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:, удовлетворение,
 * Telugu: తర్వాత


 * French: acte de propriété
 * Greek: μεταγραφή, εκχώρηση


 * Polish:


 * Arabic: مستعمرة, مستوطنة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 定居點, 定居点,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: loĝloko
 * French:
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:, αποικισμός
 * Hebrew:


 * Hindi: nagar
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 定住,  植民地,  前哨地
 * Kurdish:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: поселение,
 * Spanish: ,


 * Greek: καθίζηση


 * Polish: osiadanie


 * Polish: zasiedzenie


 * Greek:, εκκαθάριση, εξόφληση


 * Polish: rozliczenie, spłacenie , uregulowanie
 * Slovene: poravnava


 * French :


 * German: Vergleich