settlement
pronunciation
How to pronounce settlement in British English:
UK [ˈsetlmənt]
How to pronounce settlement in American English:
US [ˈsetlmənt]
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- Noun:
- 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
- a community of people smaller than a town
- a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
- the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
- an area where a group of families live together
- termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
Word Origin
- settlement (n.)
- 1620s, "act of fixing or steadying;" from settle (v.) + -ment. Meaning "a colony," especially a new one, "tract of country newly developed" is attested from 1690s; that of "small village on the frontier" is from 1827, American English. Sense of "payment of an account" is from 1729; legal sense "a settling of arrangements" (of divorce, property transfer, etc.) is from 1670s.
Example
- 1. The settlement imposes a number of sanctions on facebook .
- 2. Everyone knows pretty well what a peace settlement would look like .
- 3. This week israel announced a partial settlement freeze .
- 4. Renminbi deposits have accumulated offshore largely as a result of trade settlement .
- 5. Send this squadron to attack the infested settlement at .