settlement in English

noun

1

an official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict.

unions succeeded in reaching a pay settlement

synonyms: agreement, deal, arrangement, resolution, bargain, understanding, pact

2

a place, typically one that has hitherto been uninhabited, where people establish a community.

the little settlement of Buttermere

synonyms: community, colony, outpost, encampment, post, village, commune, ecovillage, plantation, clearing

3

an arrangement whereby property passes to a succession of people as dictated by the settlor.

Once the church courts had agreed that the marriage should end, only a private Act of Parliament could give effect to property settlements and issues of succession.

4

the action or process of settling an account.

Otherwise, they won't make so much money out of me in spite of early settlement penalties.

synonyms: payment, discharge, liquidation, clearance

5

subsidence of the ground or a structure built on it.

a boundary wall, which has cracked due to settlement, is to be replaced

noun

agreement, deal, arrangement, resolution, bargain, understanding, pact
resolution, settling, solution, reconciliation
community, colony, outpost, encampment, post, village, commune, ecovillage, plantation, clearing
colonization, settling, populating, plantation
payment, discharge, liquidation, clearance
closure, resolution
small town, village
liquidation
colonization
colony

Use "settlement" in a sentence

1. CSDs shall allow for the partial settlement of settlement instructions.

2. DTCC’s settlement optimization initiative can help Custodians to achieve clearing and settlement processing efficiency, promote settlement finality, reduce equity clearing

3. the aggregated value, expressed in euros, of internalised settlement instructions settled by the settlement internaliser and failed internalised settlement instructions;

4. An Ancient Settlement

5. Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act # and Deed of Settlement

6. Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act 1992; and Deed of Settlement

7. The divorce, property settlement...

8. My life insurance settlement?

9. TBILLPRICE(settlement; maturity; discount

10. payments in relation to the real-time settlement of interfaced securities settlement systems; and

11. Settlement houses and settlement house workers were at the cutting edge of social change.

12. Amicable settlement and contentious proceedings

13. SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES FOR ANCILLARY SYSTEMS

14. The expected or actual settlement volumes and values of the settlement performed within the CSD links

15. (i) payments in relation to the real-time settlement of interfaced securities settlement systems; and

16. Unlike in settlement procedure 4, settlement procedure 5 operates on an ‘all-or-nothing’ basis.

17. Bourgs: a small residential settlement.

18. The only settlement is Sandvík.

19. • Real-time settlement for transactions is possible (ie both payment and settlement can be accommodated "online"); POS next day at earliest (ie both payment and settlement are "offline")

20. THE AMICABLE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

21. 2 synonyms for Colonisation: colonization, settlement

22. RECEIVED(settlement; maturity; investment; discount; basis

23. Sludge discharging device for settlement basin

24. B6 Settlement of the Promised Land

25. In 1842, free settlement was permitted.

26. Settlement at Corral commenced around 1886.

27. A Carrying broker offers clearing, settlement …

28. BLANK if partial settlement is allowed

29. The problem is ripe for settlement.

30. Cash/settlement approach shall mean an accounting approach under which accounting events are recorded at the settlement date.

31. INTRATE(settlement; maturity; investment; redemption; basis

32. The terms of settlement seem just.

33. This settlement was founded in 15

34. Accommodation units that can be placed within the Tourist settlement must deal restaurateur who operates Turističkim settlement.

35. The settlement follows the caste pattern .

36. - Cash/settlement approach shall mean an accounting approach under which accounting events are recorded at the settlement date.

37. [MEDICAL STUDY IN AN Amboinese SETTLEMENT]

38. Algorithm 4 supports settlement procedure 5.

39. They're here to force a settlement.

40. A peaceable settlement has been reached.

41. High-profile settlement Complicates the Chauvin trial

42. (b) settlement of transactions with ancillary systems;

43. Winter Quarters Important temporary settlement, 1846–48.

44. A City is a large human settlement

45. A settlement was reached after lengthy negotiations.

46. The cave contained evidences of prehistoric settlement.

47. (2) Settlement procedure 3 may also be offered to the ancillary system for the settlement of multilateral balances.

48. Settlement of payment orders in the queue

49. A peace settlement is nowhere in sight .

50. Himmler considered independently negotiating a peace settlement.