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Quick definitions from WordNet (settlement)
▸ noun: something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making ("The finally reached a settlement with the union")
▸ noun: a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
▸ noun: an area where a group of families live together
▸ noun: termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
▸ noun: 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
▸ noun: the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
▸ noun: a community of people smaller than a town
▸ Also see settlements
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to settlement
▸ Usage examples for settlement
▸ Popular adjectives describing settlement
▸ Words that often appear near settlement
▸ Rhymes of settlement
▸ Invented words related to settlement
▸ noun: something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making ("The finally reached a settlement with the union")
▸ noun: a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
▸ noun: an area where a group of families live together
▸ noun: termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
▸ noun: 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
▸ noun: the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
▸ noun: a community of people smaller than a town
▸ Also see settlements
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to settlement
▸ Usage examples for settlement
▸ Popular adjectives describing settlement
▸ Words that often appear near settlement
▸ Rhymes of settlement
▸ Invented words related to settlement