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Meaning
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).
●
A
community
of people
living
together, such as a
hamlet
,
village
,
town
, or
city
; a
populated
place.
●
In Archaeology:
A
site
where people used to
live together
in
ancient
times
; an
ancient
simple
kind of
village.
●
In Architecture:
The
gradual
sinking
of a
building
. Fractures or
dislocations
caused
by settlement.
●
In 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.
●
In Law:
A
disposition
of
property
, or the
act
of
granting
it.
●
In Law:
A
settled
place of
abode
;
residence
; a right
growing out of
legal
residence
.
●
In Law:
A
resolution
of a dispute.
●
In Law:
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.
●
In Indian English:
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.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
settlement
English
-ment
English
-amentum
Latin
settle
English
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Payment
Agreement
Lawsuit
Treaty
Colony
Transaction
Payout
Contract
Arbitration
Dispute
Resolution
Relocation
Negotiation
Territory
Town
Land
Reconciliation
Establishment
Deposit
Property
Payments
Clearing
Village
Repayment
City
Court
Compromise
Migration
Region
Settling
Trade
Exchange
Mediation
Deal
Residence
Arrangement
Colonization
Adjudication
Litigation
Site
Proposal
Reparations
Negotiations
Disputes
Lease
Law
Area
Ceasefire
Settlers
Province
Estate
Housing
Closure
Agreements
Bankruptcy
Peace Treaty
Law Suit
Land Grab
Court Case
Trade Agreement
Class Action
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