Definitions For Settlement

noun

  • Termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
  • The act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
  • Something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
  • A conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
  • A community of people smaller than a town
  • 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
  • An area where a group of families live together
  • A formal agreement or decision that ends an argument or dispute ; also : an amount of money that someone receives as part of such an agreement
  • The act or process of settling an argument or disagreement
  • The act of paying back money that is owed

Is Settlement a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
15

The word Settlement is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Settlement in a Sentence

  • I got the house in the divorce settlement.
  • The parties have not been able to reach a settlement in the case.
  • We were hoping for a quick settlement of the dispute between the neighbors.

Synonyms for Settlement

Look up a Word

Search the dictionary for definitions, synonyms, antonyms, rhymes, and more!

Cite This Article

Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

WORD SCRAMBLE. THE WORD FINDER located on the website https://www.thewordfinder.com/