settlement

== English == === Etymology === From settle + -ment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.təl.mənt/, [ˈsɛtəɫmənt], [ˈsɛtɫ̩mn̩t] Hyphenation: settle‧ment === Noun === settlement (countable and uncountable, plural settlements) The act of settling. The state of being settled. (Can we add an example for this sense?) A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled. A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place. (archaeology) A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village. (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement. (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. (law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it. (law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence. (law) A resolution of a dispute. (law) A mutual agreement to end a dispute without resorting to legal proceedings, also known as an out-of-court settlement or settling out of court. (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. ==== Synonyms ==== (A resolution of a dispute): arrangement, disposition ==== Hyponyms ==== See also Thesaurus:settlement ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== settler ==== Translations ====