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