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settlement

/set-l-muhnt/US // ˈsɛt l mənt //UK // (ˈsɛtəlmənt) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
    • : the act of making stable or putting on a permanent basis.
    • : a state of stability or permanence.
    • : an arrangement or adjustment, as of business affairs or a disagreement.
    • : an agreement signed after labor negotiations between union and management.
    • : the terms reached in this agreement.
    • : the settling of persons in a new country or place.
    • : a colony, especially in its early stages.
    • : a small community, village, or group of houses in a thinly populated area.
    • : a community formed and populated by members of a particular religious or ideological group: a Shaker settlement.
    • : the satisfying of a claim or demand; a coming to terms.
    • : Law. final disposition of an estate or the like.the settling of property, title, etc., upon a person.the property so settled.
    • : British. legal residence in a specific place. the right to claim food and shelter from an official agency or specific town or district.
    • : Also called settlement house .Social Work. an establishment in an underprivileged area providing social services to local residents.
    • : a subsidence or sinking of all or part of a structure.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundecision, conclusion
Forms: settlements

Examples

  • Monday’s announcement of the settlement felt like the right moment to revisit this issue.

  • Initially reported by France’s Capital, the settlement covers the period from 2009-2018.

  • It offers those violators a way out via a settlement program.

  • He agreed not to sue the district and the parties would keep the settlement confidential to the extent the law permits.

  • There, the South Americans mated with Polynesian inhabitants during the initial period of discovery and settlement of those remote islands, researchers say.

  • The president came to believe Shamir misled him on the settlement issue, or flat-out lied to him.

  • Jonathan Moore, who secured the $1.7 million settlement in the Stewart case, is representing them.

  • The city of Cleveland recently reached a $3 million settlement with the Russell and Williams families.

  • A year later, the suit ended in a settlement, the details of which remain confidential.

  • This meant that Palestinian taxi drivers had to drive through the Israeli settlement of Bet El.

  • Whatever can be done to bring about the prompt and effective use of this new system of bank settlement will be done.

  • In and around where they now sat, there was quite a settlement of Negroes, mostly small farmers.

  • "Milor, the matter admits of no settlement," said the Breton menacingly, rising from his chair.

  • (d) Excess balances may, at the convenience of each federal reserve bank, remain deposited with the gold settlement fund.

  • Suppose you wish to find out what words will translate the date of the settlement of Jamestown, Va., 1607.