settlement

English

Etymology

Fromsettle+‎-ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈsɛt.l̩.mənt/

• Audio(US):

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• Hyphenation:settle‧ment

Noun

settlement(countableanduncountable,pluralsettlements)

1. The act ofsettling.

   settlementof debt

2. The state of being settled.

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3. A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times).

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4. A community of people living together, such as ahamlet,village,town,orcity;apopulatedplace.

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5. (archaeology)A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
6. (architecture)The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
7. (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. (law)A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
9. (law)A settled place of abode;residence;arightgrowing out of legal residence.
10. (law)Aresolutionof adispute.
11. (law)Amutualagreementtoenda dispute withoutresortingtolegalproceedings,also known as anout-of-courtsettlementorsettling out of court.
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      The family of a^[sic]Ohio teenager who was crushed to death by the seat of a minivan after emergency responders failed to find him in time has been awarded a $6millionsettlement[…]As part of thesettlement,the city has pledged to improve its 911 call centre[…]

12. (India,historical)An estate or district inAnglo-IndianBengalwhere, instead of taking a quota of the year's produce, the government took a fixed sum several times a year from the local cultivators.

Synonyms

• (A resolution of a dispute):arrangement

Hyponyms

• See alsoThesaurus:settlement

Derived terms

• phantom settlement
• settlement agreement
• settlement currency
• settlement date
• settlement house
• settlement tank
• urban-type settlement

Related terms

• settler

Translations

the act of settling

• Finnish:asuttaminen(fi)
• Hebrew:הִתְנַחֲלוּת(he)f(hitnaẖlút)
• Hungarian:letelepítés(hu),betelepítés(hu)
• Maori:whakataiwhenuatanga
• Polish:osadnictwo(pl)n,rozstrzygnięcie(pl)n
• Swedish:bosättning(sv)c

the state of being settled

• Finnish:asuttaminen(fi)
• French:règlement(fr)m,solution(fr)f
• German:Regelung(de)f,Regulierung(de)f,Erledigung(de)f
• Greek:συμφωνία(el)f(symfonía),διευθέτηση(el)f(diefthétisi),τακτοποίηση(el)f(taktopoíisi)
• Hungarian:letelepedés(hu),letelepülés,betelepülés(hu),betelepedés(hu),megtelepedés(hu)
• Irish:lonnaíochtf,socrúm
• Japanese:Giải quyết(ja)(かいけつ, kaiketsu)
• Malay:penempatan,penyelesaian(ms)
• Maori:whakataiwhenuatanga
• Polish:porozumienie(pl)n,ugoda(pl)f
• Portuguese:estabelecer(pt)
• Russian:урегули́рование(ru)n(uregulírovanije),удовлетворе́ние(ru)n(udovletvorénije),реше́ние(ru)n(rešénije)
• Telugu:తర్వాత(te)(tarvāta)
• Turkish:sulh olma,uzlaşma(tr)

newly established colony

• Arabic:مُسْتَعْمَرَةf(mustaʕmara),مُسْتَوْطَنَةf(mustawṭana)

  South Levantine Arabic:مستوطنة(mustáwtane)

• Armenian:please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian:пасяле́нне(be)n(pasjaljénnje),пасяле́ньнеn(pasjaljénʹnje)(Taraškievica),пасе́лiшчаn(pasjélišča),сялі́баf(sjalíba),аса́даf(asáda)
• Bulgarian:се́лище(bg)n(sélište),посе́лище(bg)n(posélište)
• Catalan:assentament(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Điểm định cư／Điểm định cư(zh)(dìngjūdiǎn),Thuộc địa(zh)(zhímíndì)

• Coptic:ϭⲉⲣϭⲏm(cercē)
• Czech:osada(cs)f
• Dutch:nederzetting(nl)f
• Esperanto:kolonio
• Finnish:siirtokunta(fi),uudisasutus
• French:colonie(fr)f
• Galician:asentamento(gl)m
• Georgian:please add this translation if you can
• German:Ansiedlung(de)f,Siedlung(de)f,Niederlassung(de)f,Kolonie(de)f
• Greek:οικισμός(el)m(oikismós),αποικισμός(el)m(apoikismós)
• Hebrew:הִתְנַחֲלוּת(he)(hitnaḥlút)
• Hungarian:telep(hu),kolónia(hu)
• Irish:lonnaíochtf
• Italian:insediamento(it)m
• Japanese:Nhập thực(にゅうしょく, nyūshoku),Định trụ(ja)(ていじゅう, teijū),Thực dân mà(ja)(しょくみんち, shokuminchi),Đội quân tiền tiêu mà(ぜんしょうち, zenshōchi)
• Khmer:ការតាំងទីលំនៅ(kaatangtiilumnɨw)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:نیشتگە(nîştge)

• Macedonian:населбаf(naselba)
• Mongolian:please add this translation if you can
• Nepali:बस्ती(bastī)
• Pitcairn-Norfolk:setlment
• Plautdietsch:Aunsiedlunkf
• Polish:osada(pl)f,osiedle(pl)n
• Portuguese:povoação(pt)f,assentamento(pt)
• Russian:поселе́ние(ru)n(poselénije),коло́ния(ru)f(kolónija),посёлок(ru)m(posjólok)(township)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:на́се̄љеn

  Roman:násēlje(sh)n

• Slovak:osadaf
• Slovene:naseljen,naselbinaf
• Spanish:poblado(es)m,asentamiento(es)m
• Swedish:koloni(sv)c
• Thai:please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan:གཞིས་ཆགས(gzhis chags)
• Turkish:yerleşim birimi(tr)
• Ukrainian:посе́лення(uk)n(posélennja),оса́даf(osáda)

community of people living together; populated place

• Belarusian:насе́лены пунктm(nasjéljeny punkt)
• Bulgarian:селище(bg)n(selište)
• Catalan:assentament(ca)m
• Esperanto:loĝloko
• Finnish:asutus(fi)
• French:agglomération(fr)f
• German:Siedlung(de)f
• Hebrew:יִשּׁוּב(he)m(yishúv)
• Hungarian:település(hu)
• Indonesian:permukiman(id)
• Macedonian:населбаf(naselba)
• Malay:petempatan(ms)
• Mongolian:please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:bosetningmorf

• Polish:osadnictwo(pl)n
• Romanian:așezare(ro)f
• Russian:населённый пунктm(naseljónnyj punkt)
• Sanskrit:विश्(sa)f(viś),ग्राम(sa)m(grāma)
• Spanish:asentamiento(es)m
• Swedish:samhälle(sv)n
• Ukrainian:насе́лений пункт(uk)m(nasélenyj punkt),посе́лення(uk)n(posélennja)

(architecture) gradual sinking of a building

• Bulgarian:сляганеn(sljagane)
• Danish:sætning(da)c(movement),sætningsskadec(type of damage)
• Finnish:laskeutuminen(fi)
• German:Absenkungf,Senkung(de)f
• Greek:καθίζηση(el)f(kathízisi)
• Hungarian:süllyedés(hu)
• Polish:osiadanien

(finance) delivery and payment

• Bulgarian:разплащанеn(razplaštane)
• Finnish:kaupantoteuttaminen,suoritus(fi),toimitus(fi)
• German:Abrechnung(de)f
• Greek:διακανονισμός(el)m(diakanonismós),εκκαθάριση(el)f(ekkathárisi),εξόφληση(el)f(exóflisi)
• Hungarian:kifizetés(hu),kiegyenlítés(hu),megfizetés(hu),rendezés(hu)
• Indonesian:penyelesaian(id)
• Malay:pembayaran
• Polish:rozliczenie(pl)n,spłacenien,uregulowanie(pl)n
• Portuguese:liquidação(pt)f
• Slovene:poravnavaf
• Spanish:finiquito(es)

(law) disposition of property

• French:acte de propriétém
• German:Überschreibungf
• Greek:μεταγραφή(el)f(metagrafí),εκχώρηση(el)f(ekchórisi)
• Hungarian:hozomány(hu)
• Irish:socrúm
• Malay:peruntukan
• Polish:zapisanie(pl)n
• Spanish:acuerdo(es)m

(law) settled place of abode

• Bulgarian:седалище(bg)n(sedalište)
• Finnish:asunto(fi)
• German:Wohnsitz(de)m
• Hungarian:^{(pleaseverify)}lakóhely(hu),^{(pleaseverify)}lakhely(hu),^{(pleaseverify)}tartózkodási hely
• Polish:zasiedzenie(pl)n

(law) resolution

• Abkhaz:аҭы́шәныртәалара(atə́ŝʷnərtʷʼalara)
• Armenian:կարգավորման(kargavorman)
• Azerbaijani:həll
• Chechen:дӏадерзор(dˀaderzor),тадар(tadar)
• Danish:forlig(da)n
• Finnish:ratkaisu(fi)
• French:arrangement(fr)m
• Galician:avinza(gl)f
• Georgian:მოგვარება(mogvareba)
• German:Vergleich(de)m,Ausgleich(de)m,Abfindung(de)f
• Hungarian:megegyezés(hu),egyezség(hu),megállapodás(hu),rendezés(hu)
• Indonesian:penyelesaian(id)
• Irish:socrúm
• Kazakh:бітімгершілік келісім(bıtımgerşılık kelısım),бәтуалы келісім(bätualy kelısım)
• Malay:penyelesaian(ms)
• Polish:rozstrzygnięcie(pl)n
• Spanish:finiquito(es)
• Swedish:förlikning(sv)c
• Turkish:tediye(tr),tesviye(tr)