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