settlement

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈset.l.mənt/

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• Hyphenation: settle‧ment

Etymology

settle +‎ -ment

Noun

settlement ‎(plural settlements)

1. The state of being settled.
2. A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
3. A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.
4. (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
5. (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
6. (law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
7. (law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
8. (law) A resolution of a dispute.

Synonyms

• (A resolution of a dispute): arrangement

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:settlement

Related terms

• settler

Derived terms

• settlement agreement

Translations

The state of being settled

• French: règlement (fr) m, solution (fr) f
• German: Regelung (de) f, Regulierung (de) f, Erledigung f
• Greek: συμφωνία (el) f ‎(symfonía), διευθέτηση (el) f ‎(diefthétisi), τακτοποίηση (el) f ‎(taktopoíisi)
• Irish: lonnaíocht f
• Japanese: 解決 (ja) ‎(かいけつ, kaiketsu)

• Malay: penempatan, penyelesaian
• Polish: porozumienie (pl) n, ugoda (pl) f
• Portuguese: estabelecer (pt)
• Russian: урегули́рование (ru) n ‎(uregulírovanije), удовлетворе́ние (ru) n ‎(udovletvorénije), реше́ние (ru) n ‎(rešénije)
• Telugu: తర్వాత (te) ‎(tarvāta)
• Turkish: sulh olma, uzlaşma (tr)

A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled

• Arabic: مُسْتَعْمَرَة f ‎(mustaʿmara), مُسْتَوْطَنَة f ‎(mustawṭana)
• Catalan: assentament m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 定居點 (zh), 定居点 (zh) ‎(dìngjūdiǎn), 殖民地 (zh) ‎(zhímíndì)

• Czech: osada (cs) f
• Dutch: nederzetting (nl) f
• Esperanto: loĝloko
• French: colonie (fr) f
• German: Ansiedlung (de) f, Siedlung (de) f, Niederlassung (de) f, Kolonie (de) f
• Greek: οικισμός (el) m ‎(oikismós), αποικισμός (el) m ‎(apoikismós)
• Hebrew: התנחלות (he) ‎(hitnakhlut, hitnakhalut)
• Hungarian: település (hu)

• Irish: lonnaíocht f
• Italian: insediamento (it) m
• Japanese: 入植 ‎(にゅうしょく, nyūshoku), 定住 ‎(ていじゅう, teijū), 植民地 (ja) ‎(しょくみんち, shokuminchi), 前哨地 ‎(ぜんしょうち, zenshōchi)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: نیشتگە

• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: setlment
• Polish: osada (pl) f, osiedle (pl) n
• Portuguese: povoação (pt) f, assentamento (pt)
• Russian: поселе́ние (ru) n ‎(poselénije), коло́ния (ru) f ‎(kolónija)
• Spanish: poblado (es) m, asentamiento (es) m
• Swedish: koloni (sv) c
• Turkish: yerleşim birimi (tr)

A community of people living together

• Catalan: assentament m
• French: agglomération (fr) f
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bosetning m, f

(architecture): The gradual sinking of a building

• Greek: καθίζηση (el) f ‎(kathízisi)

• Polish: osiadanie n

(finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer

• Greek: διακανονισμός (el) m ‎(diakanonismós), εκκαθάριση (el) f ‎(ekkathárisi), εξόφληση (el) f ‎(exóflisi)
• Polish: rozliczenie n, spłacenie n, uregulowanie n

• Portuguese: liquidação (pt) f
• Slovene: poravnava f

(law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it

• French: acte de propriété m
• Greek: μεταγραφή (el) f ‎(metagrafí), εκχώρηση (el) f ‎(ekchórisi)

• Polish: zapisanie (pl) n
• Spanish: acuerdo (es) m

(law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence

• Polish: zasiedzenie n

(law) A resolution of a dispute

• French: arrangement (fr) m
• German: Vergleich (de) m

• Swedish: förlikning c
• Turkish: tediye (tr), tesviye (tr)