settlement

Noun

1. The act of settling.
   • settlement of debt
2. The state of being settled.
3. A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
   • Such anthropophilous behaviour makes it a good candidate for a commensal relationship with humans at the Neolithic settlements of Quanhucun, Wuzhuangguoliang and Xiawanggang, as well as other Middle and Late Neolithic...
4. A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
   • Here, after months of relative inactivity, Russian forces have drastically increased the intensity of their offensive operations targeting the villages of Staromaiorske and Urozhaine. These villages, located south of...
5. A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
6. The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
7. 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.
8. A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
9. A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
10. A resolution of a dispute.
11. 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.
    • The family of a^([sic]) Ohio teenager who was crushed to death by the seat of a minivan after emergency responders failed to find him in time has been awarded a $6million settlement […] As part of the settlement, the...
12. 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.