settlement (noun)
1settlement — noun 1 official/legal agreement ADJECTIVE ▪ final ▪ lasting, long term, permanent ▪ comprehensive ▪ a lasting and comprehensive peace settlement …
2settlement — ► NOUN 1) the action or process of settling. 2) an official agreement intended to settle a dispute or conflict. 3) a place where people establish a community. 4) Law an arrangement whereby property passes to a person or succession of people as… …
3settlement house — noun a center in an underprivileged area that provides community services • Hypernyms: ↑center, ↑centre * * * noun, pl ⋯ houses [count] US : a place or organization that provides various community services to people in a crowded part of a city *… …
4settlement — set·tle·ment n 1: the act or process of settling 2 a: an agreement reducing or resolving differences; esp: an agreement between litigants that concludes the litigation the states finally agreed upon a settlement and a consent decree W. J. Brennan …
5settlement — noun 1 OFFICIAL AGREEMENT (C, U) an official agreement or decision that ends an argument between two sides: reach/achieve a settlement: failure to reach a settlement in the trade war | negotiated/political/peaceful etc settlement (=made after… …
6settlement — noun 1) a pay settlement Syn: agreement, deal, arrangement, resolution, bargain, understanding, pact 2) the settlement of the dispute Syn: resolution, settling, solution, reconciliation 3) …
7settlement offer — ➔ offer2 * * * settlement offer UK US noun [C] LAW ► an offer of money or property by one of the people or organizations involved in a legal argument in an attempt to end the argument without having to go to court: »If the policyholder is… …
8settlement terms — ➔ term1 * * * settlement terms UK US noun [plural] LAW ► the details of an agreement that ends an argument: »The settlement terms have not been revealed …
9settlement day — UK US noun [C] STOCK MARKET, FINANCE ► SETTLEMENT DATE(Cf. ↑settlement date) …
10settlement — noun 1) a pay settlement Syn: agreement, deal, arrangement, resolution, understanding, pact 2) the settlement of the dispute Syn: resolution, settling, solution, reconciliation 3) …
