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settlement |
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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