settlement

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

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