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Settlement
ˈsɛtlm(ə)nt
- an official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict
"unions succeeded in reaching a pay settlement"
- a formal arrangement made between the parties to a lawsuit in order to resolve it, especially out of court
"the award was made as an out-of-court settlement by the driver's insurance firm"
- a place, typically one which has previously been uninhabited, where people establish a community
"one of the oldest Viking settlements in western Europe"
- the process of establishing a settlement or settlements
"a continent where settlement is at the mercy of geography"
- the action of allowing or helping people to establish settlements
"the settlement of immigrants in the occupied territories"
- an arrangement whereby property passes to a succession of people as dictated by the settlor
"inheritance tax could be due if you make a substantial gift or settlement and then die within the following seven years"
- the property given under a settlement
- the action or process of settling an account
"most suppliers will offer early settlement discounts"
- subsidence of the ground or a structure built on it
"a boundary wall, which has cracked due to settlement, is to be replaced"