settlement

settle +‎ -ment

• IPA^(key): /ˈset.l.mənt/

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• Hyphenation: settle‧ment

settlement (plural settlements)

1. The act of settling.
2. The state of being settled.
3. A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
4. A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.
5. (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
6. (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.
7. (law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
8. (law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
9. (law) A resolution of a dispute.

• (A resolution of a dispute): arrangement

• See also Thesaurus:settlement

• settlement agreement

• settler