settlement / ˈsɛt l mənt /

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settlement 的定义

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

settlement 近义词

n. 名词 noun

decision, conclusion

n. 名词 noun

community

更多settlement例句

  1. Monday’s announcement of the settlement felt like the right moment to revisit this issue.
  2. Initially reported by France’s Capital, the settlement covers the period from 2009-2018.
  3. It offers those violators a way out via a settlement program.
  4. He agreed not to sue the district and the parties would keep the settlement confidential to the extent the law permits.
  5. There, the South Americans mated with Polynesian inhabitants during the initial period of discovery and settlement of those remote islands, researchers say.
  6. The president came to believe Shamir misled him on the settlement issue, or flat-out lied to him.
  7. Jonathan Moore, who secured the $1.7 million settlement in the Stewart case, is representing them.
  8. The city of Cleveland recently reached a $3 million settlement with the Russell and Williams families.
  9. A year later, the suit ended in a settlement, the details of which remain confidential.
  10. This meant that Palestinian taxi drivers had to drive through the Israeli settlement of Bet El.
  11. Whatever can be done to bring about the prompt and effective use of this new system of bank settlement will be done.
  12. In and around where they now sat, there was quite a settlement of Negroes, mostly small farmers.
  13. "Milor, the matter admits of no settlement," said the Breton menacingly, rising from his chair.
  14. (d) Excess balances may, at the convenience of each federal reserve bank, remain deposited with the gold settlement fund.
  15. Suppose you wish to find out what words will translate the date of the settlement of Jamestown, Va., 1607.