settlement

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Synonyms: battlement, resettlement, unsettlement, settlements, mottlement

Antonyms: battlement, resettlement, unsettlement, settlements, mottlement

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Noun

1. The act of [[settle|settling]].
2. The state of being settled.
3. A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
4. A community of people living together, such as a [[hamlet]], [[village]], [[town]], or [[city]]; a [[populated]] place.
5. {{lb|en|archeology}} A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
6. {{lb|en|architecture}} The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
7. {{lb|en|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.
8. {{lb|en|legal}} A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
9. {{lb|en|legal}} A settled place of abode; [[residence]]; a [[right]] growing out of legal residence.
10. {{lb|en|legal}} A [[resolution]] of a [[dispute]].
11. {{lb|en|law}} A [[mutual]] [[agreement]] to [[end]] a dispute without [[resort]]ing to [[legal]] [[proceeding]]s, also known as an ''[[out-of-court]] settlement'' or ''settling out of court''.
12. {{lb|en|India|historical}} An estate or district in [[Anglo-Indian]] [[Bengal]] where, instead of taking a quota of the year's produce, the government took a fixed sum several times a year from the local cultivators.

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