| settlement | |
| 1. n. The act of settling. | |
| 2. n. The state of being settled. | |
| 3. n. A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled. | |
| 4. n. A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city. | |
| 5. n. (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement. | |
| 6. n. (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into. | |
| 7. n. (legal) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it. | |
| 8. n. (legal) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence. | |
| 9. n. (legal) A resolution of a dispute. | |
