SETTLEMENT

n. act of populating an area, colonization; small town, community; arrangement; resolution, reconciliation; payment of a debt or bill

Settlement may refer to:Settlement (migration), a new or small communityIsraeli settlement, communities inhabited by Israeli Jews in territory that came under Israel's control as a result of the 1967 Six-Day WarSettlement (closing), as in a real estate closing with transfer of Deed to the buyer Settlement (finance), the process of exchanging the consideration for financial instruments once a transaction has been executedSettlement (structural), the gradual distortions created in a structureConsolidation (soil), settlement in soilHuman settlement A place where humans live together   [1]
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Noun
1. a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
(synonym) colony
(hypernym) body
(hyponym) frontier settlement, outpost
(member-meronym) colonial
(derivation) settle
2. a community of people smaller than a town
(synonym) village, small town
(hypernym) community
(hyponym) moshav
3. a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
(hypernym) agreement, understanding
(hyponym) accommodation
(derivation) settle
4. the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America"
(synonym) colonization, colonisation
(hypernym) constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation
(hyponym) population
(derivation) settle, locate
5. something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "the finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"
(synonym) resolution, closure
(hypernym) decision making, deciding
(derivation) settle
6. an area where a group of families live together
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
(hyponym) village, hamlet
(derivation) settle
7. termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
(synonym) liquidation
(hypernym) termination, ending, conclusion
(hyponym) viatical settlement, viaticus settlement
(derivation) settle

(n.)
The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material.
  

(n.)
The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc.
  

(n.)
The act of setting, or the state of being settled.
  

(n.)
The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country.
  

(n.)
That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed.
  

(n.)
That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary.
  

(n.)
Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.
  

(n.)
Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
  

(n.)
Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor.
  

(n.)
Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner.
  

(n.)
A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support.
  

(n.)
A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it.
  

(n.)
A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West.
  

When payment is made for a trade.