Definition of settlement

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Definition of settlement

  • the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. colonisation
    2. colonization
  • a community of people smaller than a town (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. small town
    2. village
  • termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. liquidation
  • 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)

    Synonyms

    1. colony
  • something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making (noun)

    Examples

    1. they finally reached a settlement with the union

    Synonyms

    1. closure
    2. resolution
  • a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it (noun)
  • an area where a group of families live together (noun)

See definition of settlement in Merriam Webster