settlement
The act of settling.
Example
“settlement of debt”
Other meanings
The state of being settled.
A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
Synonyms
- colony
Related words
- antisettlement
- dissettlement
- nonsettlement
- outsettlement
- postsettlement
- presettlement
- resettlement
- settlementation
- unsettlement
- settlement tank
- settlement currency
- settlement agreement
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “settlement” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.