DICTOMETER

SETTLEMENT

(settlement, acuerdo, asentamiento, colonización, dote, pago, betaling, bosetning, kolonisasjon, medgift, overenskomst)

1. Synonyms:
   • Colony
   • Settlement
   Definitions:
   • 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
   Examples:
   • The American colony in Paris
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Village
   • Small town
   • Settlement
   Definitions:
   • a community of people smaller than a town
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Settlement
   Definitions:
   • a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Colonization
   • Colonisation
   • Settlement
   Definitions:
   • the act of colonizing
   • the establishment of colonies
   Examples:
   • The British colonization of America
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Settlement
   • Resolution
   • Closure
   Definitions:
   • something settled or resolved
   • the outcome of decision making
   Examples:
   • They finally reached a settlement with the union
   • They never did achieve a final resolution of their differences
   • He needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Settlement
   Definitions:
   • an area where a group of families live together
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Liquidation
   • Settlement
   Definitions:
   • termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities