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- Dictionarysettlement/ˈsɛtlm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. an official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict: "unions succeeded in reaching a pay settlement" Similar
- 2. a place, typically one which has previously been uninhabited, where people establish a community: "one of the oldest Viking settlements in western Europe" Similar
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an arrangement to end a disagreement involving a law having been broken, without taking it to a law court, or an amount of money paid as part of such an arrangement: They reached an out-of-court settlement. The actor accepted a settlement of $100,000 from the magazine. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of SETTLEMENT is the act or process of settling. How to use settlement in a sentence.
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.
settlement. noun. /ˈsetlmənt/ [countable] an official agreement that ends an argument between two people or groups. to negotiate a peace settlement. The management and unions have reached a settlement over new working conditions.
A settlement is an official agreement between two sides who were involved in a conflict or argument.
A settlement is a colony or any small community of people. If a bunch of people build houses on the moon together, they’ll have the first lunar settlement. A settlement is also the resolution of something such as a lawsuit. One kind of settlement is a place where people live.
a. The settling or establishment of a person or a group of people, as in a new region or in a business. b. A newly colonized region. 3. A small community. 4. a. An arrangement or agreement reached, as in business proceedings or negotiating a dispute: a wage settlement; a peace settlement.
