2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Settlement \Set"tle*ment\, n.
1. The act of setting, or the state of being settled.
Specifically:
a Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.;
ordination or installation as pastor.
Every man living has a design in his head upon
wealth power, or settlement in the world.
--L'Estrange.
b The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of
planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by
settlers; as the settlement of a new country.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
settlement
n 1: a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties
with their homeland [syn: {colony}]
2: a community of people smaller than a town [syn: {village}, {small
town}]
3: a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
4: the act of colonizing [syn: {colonization}, {colonisation}]
5: something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision
making; "the finally reached a settlement with the union";
"they never did achieve a final resolution of their
differences" [syn: {resolution}]
6: an area where a group of families live together
7: terminating a business operation [syn: {liquidation}]
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