settlement

English

Etymology

settle +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈset.l.mənt/

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• Hyphenation: settle‧ment

Noun

settlement (countable and uncountable, plural settlements)

1. The act of settling.

   settlement of debt

2. The state of being settled.

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3. A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times).

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4. A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.

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5. (archeology) A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
6. (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
7. (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.
8. (law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
9. (law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
10. (law) A resolution of a dispute.

Synonyms

• (A resolution of a dispute): arrangement

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:settlement

Derived terms

• settlement agreement
• settlement house

Related terms

• settler

Translations

the act of settling

• Finnish: asuttaminen (fi)
• Hebrew: הִתְנַחֲלוּת‎ (he) f (hitnaẖlút)
• Hungarian: letelepítés, betelepítés (hu)

• Maori: whakataiwhenuatanga
• Polish: osadnictwo (pl) n, rozstrzygnięcie (pl) n

the state of being settled

• Finnish: asuttaminen (fi)
• French: règlement (fr) m, solution (fr) f
• German: Regelung (de) f, Regulierung (de) f, Erledigung (de) f
• Greek: συμφωνία (el) f (symfonía), διευθέτηση (el) f (diefthétisi), τακτοποίηση (el) f (taktopoíisi)
• Hungarian: letelepedés (hu), letelepülés, betelepülés, betelepedés, megtelepedés
• Irish: lonnaíocht f, socrú m
• Japanese: 解決 (ja) (かいけつ, kaiketsu)

• Malay: penempatan, penyelesaian
• Maori: whakataiwhenuatanga
• 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)

newly established colony

• Arabic: مُسْتَعْمَرَة‎ f (mustaʿmara), مُسْتَوْطَنَة‎ f (mustawṭana)

  South Levantine Arabic: مستوطن‎

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: пасяле́нне (be) n (pasjaljénnje), пасяле́ньне n (pasjaljénʹnje) (Taraškievica), пасе́лiшча n (pasjélišča), сялі́ба f (sjalíba), аса́да f (asáda)
• Bulgarian: се́лище (bg) n (sélište), посе́лище (bg) n (posélište)
• Catalan: assentament (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Coptic: ϭⲉⲣϭⲏ m (cercē)
• Czech: osada (cs) f
• Dutch: nederzetting (nl) f
• Esperanto: kolonio
• Finnish: siirtokunta (fi), uudisasutus
• French: colonie (fr) f
• Galician: asentamento (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Ansiedlung (de) f, Siedlung (de) f, Niederlassung (de) f, Kolonie (de) f
• Greek: οικισμός (el) m (oikismós), αποικισμός (el) m (apoikismós)
• Hebrew: הִתְנַחֲלוּת‎ (he) (hitnaḥlút)
• Hungarian: telep (hu), kolónia (hu)
• Irish: lonnaíocht f
• Italian: insediamento (it) m
• Japanese: 入植 (にゅうしょく, nyūshoku), 定住 (ja) (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)

• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: نیشتگە‎ (nîştge)

• Macedonian: населба f (naselba)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: बस्ती (bastī)
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: setlment
• Plautdietsch: Aunsiedlunk f
• Polish: osada (pl) f, osiedle (pl) n
• Portuguese: povoação (pt) f, assentamento (pt)
• Russian: поселе́ние (ru) n (poselénije), коло́ния (ru) f (kolónija), посёлок (ru) m (posjólok) (township)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: на́се̄ље n

  Roman: násēlje (sh) n

• Slovak: osada f
• Slovene: naselje n, naselbina f
• Spanish: poblado (es) m, asentamiento (es) m
• Swedish: koloni (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: གཞིས་ཆགས (gzhis chags)
• Turkish: yerleşim birimi (tr)
• Ukrainian: посе́лення (uk) n (posélennja), оса́да f (osáda)

community of people living together

• Bulgarian: селище (bg) n (selište)
• Catalan: assentament (ca) m
• Esperanto: loĝloko
• Finnish: yhteisö (fi)
• French: agglomération (fr) f
• German: Siedler (de) m pl
• Hebrew: יִשּׁוּב‎ (he) m (yishúv)
• Hungarian: település (hu)

• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bosetning m or f

• Polish: osadnictwo (pl) n
• Sanskrit: विश् (sa) f (viś), ग्राम (sa) m (grāma)
• Spanish: asentamiento (es) m

(architecture): gradual sinking of a building

• Bulgarian: слягане n (sljagane)
• Danish: sætning (da) c (movement), sætningsskade c (type of damage)
• Finnish: laskeutuminen (fi)
• German: Absenkung f, Senkung (de) f

• Greek: καθίζηση (el) f (kathízisi)
• Hungarian: süllyedés (hu)
• Polish: osiadanie n

(finance) delivery and payment

• Bulgarian: разплащане n (razplaštane)
• Finnish: kaupan toteuttaminen, suoritus, toimitus
• German: Abrechnung (de) f
• Greek: διακανονισμός (el) m (diakanonismós), εκκαθάριση (el) f (ekkathárisi), εξόφληση (el) f (exóflisi)
• Hungarian: kifizetés (hu), kiegyenlítés (hu), megfizetés, rendezés (hu)

• Polish: rozliczenie (pl) n, spłacenie n, uregulowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: liquidação (pt) f
• Slovene: poravnava f
• Spanish: finiquito (es)

(law) disposition of property

• French: acte de propriété m
• German: Überschreibung f
• Greek: μεταγραφή (el) f (metagrafí), εκχώρηση (el) f (ekchórisi)
• Hungarian: hozomány (hu)

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

(law) settled place of abode

• Bulgarian: седалище (bg) n (sedalište)
• Finnish: asunto (fi)
• German: Wohnsitz (de) m

• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} lakóhely (hu), ^{(please verify)} lakhely (hu), ^{(please verify)} tartózkodási hely
• Polish: zasiedzenie (pl) n

(law) resolution

• Abkhaz: аҭы́шәныртәалара (atə́š°nərṭ°alara)
• Armenian: կարգավորման (kargavorman)
• Azerbaijani: həll
• Chechen: дӏадерзор (dʿaderzor), тадар (tadar)
• Danish: forlig (da) n
• Finnish: ratkaisu (fi)
• French: arrangement (fr) m
• Galician: avinza (gl) f

• Georgian: მოგვარება (mogvareba)
• German: Vergleich (de) m, Ausgleich (de) m, Abfindung (de) f
• Hungarian: megegyezés (hu), egyezség (hu), megállapodás (hu), rendezés (hu)
• Irish: socrú m
• Kazakh: бітімгершілік келісім (bitimgerşilik kelisim), бәтуалы келісім (bätwalı kelisim)
• Polish: rozstrzygnięcie (pl) n
• Swedish: förlikning (sv) c
• Turkish: tediye (tr), tesviye (tr)