settlement

settlement

English

Etymology

settle +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈset.l.mənt/

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• Hyphenation: settle‧ment

Noun

settlement (countable and uncountable, plural settlements)

1. The act of settling.

   settlement of debt

2. The state of being settled.

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3. A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times).

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4. A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.

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5. (archeology) A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
6. (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
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.
8. (law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
9. (law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
10. (law) A resolution of a dispute.
11. (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.
    • 2021 April 11, Hutton, A., “Kyle Plush: $6million settlement for family of Ohio teen who was crushed to death in 2018”, in The Independent‎:

      The family of a 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 city has pledged to improve its 911 call centre […]

Synonyms

• (A resolution of a dispute): arrangement

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

• settlement agreement
• settlement house

Related terms

• settler

Translations

the act of settling

Finnish: asuttaminen (fi) Hebrew: הִתְנַחֲלוּת‎ (he) f (hitnaẖlút) Hungarian: letelepítés, betelepítés (hu) Maori: whakataiwhenuatanga Polish: osadnictwo (pl) n, rozstrzygnięcie (pl) n Swedish: bosättning (sv) c

the state of being settled

Finnish: asuttaminen (fi) French: règlement (fr) m, solution (fr) f German: Regelung (de) f, Regulierung (de) f, Erledigung (de) f Greek: συμφωνία (el) f (symfonía), διευθέτηση (el) f (diefthétisi), τακτοποίηση (el) f (taktopoíisi) Hungarian: letelepedés (hu), letelepülés, betelepülés, betelepedés, megtelepedés Irish: lonnaíocht f, socrú m Japanese: 解決 (ja) (かいけつ, kaiketsu) Malay: penempatan, penyelesaian Maori: whakataiwhenuatanga Polish: porozumienie (pl) n, ugoda (pl) f Portuguese: estabelecer (pt) Russian: урегули́рование (ru) n (uregulírovanije), удовлетворе́ние (ru) n (udovletvorénije), реше́ние (ru) n (rešénije) Telugu: తర్వాత (te) (tarvāta) Turkish: sulh olma, uzlaşma (tr)

newly established colony

Arabic: مُسْتَعْمَرَة‎ f (mustaʿmara), مُسْتَوْطَنَة‎ f (mustawṭana) South Levantine Arabic: مستوطنة‎ (mustáwtane) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: пасяле́нне (be) n (pasjaljénnje), пасяле́ньне n (pasjaljénʹnje) (Taraškievica), пасе́лiшча n (pasjélišča), сялі́ба f (sjalíba), аса́да f (asáda) Bulgarian: се́лище (bg) n (sélište), посе́лище (bg) n (posélište) Catalan: assentament (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 定居點 (zh), 定居点 (zh) (dìngjūdiǎn), 殖民地 (zh) (zhímíndì) Coptic: ϭⲉⲣϭⲏ m (cercē) Czech: osada (cs) f Dutch: nederzetting (nl) f Esperanto: kolonio Finnish: siirtokunta (fi), uudisasutus French: colonie (fr) f Galician: asentamento (gl) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Ansiedlung (de) f, Siedlung (de) f, Niederlassung (de) f, Kolonie (de) f Greek: οικισμός (el) m (oikismós), αποικισμός (el) m (apoikismós) Hebrew: הִתְנַחֲלוּת‎ (he) (hitnaḥlút) Hungarian: telep (hu), kolónia (hu) Irish: lonnaíocht f Italian: insediamento (it) m Japanese: 入植 (にゅうしょく, nyūshoku), 定住 (ja) (ていじゅう, teijū), 植民地 (ja) (しょくみんち, shokuminchi), 前哨地 (ぜんしょうち, zenshōchi) Khmer: ការតាំងទីលំនៅ (kaatangtiilumnɨw) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: نیشتگە‎ (nîştge) Macedonian: населба f (naselba) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Nepali: बस्ती (bastī) Pitcairn-Norfolk: setlment Plautdietsch: Aunsiedlunk f Polish: osada (pl) f, osiedle (pl) n Portuguese: povoação (pt) f, assentamento (pt) Russian: поселе́ние (ru) n (poselénije), коло́ния (ru) f (kolónija), посёлок (ru) m (posjólok) (township) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: на́се̄ље n Roman: násēlje (sh) n Slovak: osada f Slovene: naselje n, naselbina f Spanish: poblado (es) m, asentamiento (es) m Swedish: koloni (sv) c Thai: please add this translation if you can Tibetan: གཞིས་ཆགས (gzhis chags) Turkish: yerleşim birimi (tr) Ukrainian: посе́лення (uk) n (posélennja), оса́да f (osáda)

community of people living together; populated place

Belarusian: насе́лены пункт m (nasjéljeny punkt) Bulgarian: селище (bg) n (selište) Catalan: assentament (ca) m Esperanto: loĝloko Finnish: yhteisö (fi) French: agglomération (fr) f German: Siedlung (de) f Hebrew: יִשּׁוּב‎ (he) m (yishúv) Hungarian: település (hu) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: bosetning m or f Polish: osadnictwo (pl) n Russian: населённый пункт m (naseljónnyj punkt) Sanskrit: विश् (sa) f (viś), ग्राम (sa) m (grāma) Spanish: asentamiento (es) m Swedish: samhälle (sv) n Ukrainian: насе́лений пункт (uk) m (nasélenyj punkt), посе́лення (uk) n (posélennja)

(architecture): gradual sinking of a building

Bulgarian: слягане n (sljagane) Danish: sætning (da) c (movement), sætningsskade c (type of damage) Finnish: laskeutuminen (fi) German: Absenkung f, Senkung (de) f Greek: καθίζηση (el) f (kathízisi) Hungarian: süllyedés (hu) Polish: osiadanie n

(finance) delivery and payment

Bulgarian: разплащане n (razplaštane) Finnish: kaupan toteuttaminen, suoritus (fi), toimitus (fi) German: Abrechnung (de) f Greek: διακανονισμός (el) m (diakanonismós), εκκαθάριση (el) f (ekkathárisi), εξόφληση (el) f (exóflisi) Hungarian: kifizetés (hu), kiegyenlítés (hu), megfizetés, rendezés (hu) Polish: rozliczenie (pl) n, spłacenie n, uregulowanie (pl) n Portuguese: liquidação (pt) f Slovene: poravnava f Spanish: finiquito (es)

(law) disposition of property

French: acte de propriété m German: Überschreibung f Greek: μεταγραφή (el) f (metagrafí), εκχώρηση (el) f (ekchórisi) Hungarian: hozomány (hu) Irish: socrú m Polish: zapisanie (pl) n Spanish: acuerdo (es) m

(law) settled place of abode

Bulgarian: седалище (bg) n (sedalište) Finnish: asunto (fi) German: Wohnsitz (de) m Hungarian: (please verify) lakóhely (hu), (please verify) lakhely (hu), (please verify) tartózkodási hely Polish: zasiedzenie (pl) n

(law) resolution

Abkhaz: аҭы́шәныртәалара (atə́ŝʷnərtʷʼalara) Armenian: կարգավորման (kargavorman) Azerbaijani: həll Chechen: дӏадерзор (dˀaderzor), тадар (tadar) Danish: forlig (da) n Finnish: ratkaisu (fi) French: arrangement (fr) m Galician: avinza (gl) f Georgian: მოგვარება (mogvareba) German: Vergleich (de) m, Ausgleich (de) m, Abfindung (de) f Hungarian: megegyezés (hu), egyezség (hu), megállapodás (hu), rendezés (hu) Irish: socrú m Kazakh: бітімгершілік келісім (bıtımgerşılık kelısım), бәтуалы келісім (bätualy kelısım) Polish: rozstrzygnięcie (pl) n Swedish: förlikning (sv) c Turkish: tediye (tr), tesviye (tr)