See Also: Next day settlement(money)
settlement(dictionary)
The Settlement(tourism)
settlement(encyclopedia)
Immediate settlement(money)
Settlement, Act of(encyclopedia)
Immediate settlement(finance)
SETTLEMENT(finance)
Next day settlement(finance)
Settlement(money)

settlement (oh)



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1 ?official agreement?
2 ?payment?
3 ?group of houses?
4 ?new area/places?
5 ?sinking?
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?OFFICIAL AGREEMENT?
[C] an official agreement or decision that ends an argument, a court case, or a fight, or the action of making an agreement
::Union leaders and company bosses will meet tomorrow in an attempt to reach a settlement .
::His lawyers are understood to be negotiating a settlement .
::Hopes grew that a workable peace settlement might emerge.
settlement of
::the search for a peaceful settlement of the Northern Ireland conflict
::She was fortunate enough to get her home as part of the divorce settlement .
::The company paid out over $10 million in an out-of-court settlement .
?PAYMENT?
[U] formal when you pay all the money that you owe
settlement of
::the settlement of all his debts
in settlement (of sth)
::Wyatt had received the property in settlement of a bet.
?GROUP OF HOUSES?
[C] a group of houses and buildings where people live, especially in a place where few people have lived before
::The railway stations created new settlements.
::an early Iron Age settlement
?NEW AREA/PLACES?
[U] when a lot of people move to a place in order to live there, especially in a place where not many people have lived before
settlement of
::the settlement of the American West
?SINKING?
[U] technical the process in which a building or the ground slowly sinks downwards
-synonym subsidence subsidence
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
reach/achieve a settlement
negotiate a settlement
peace settlement (=one to end a war)
peaceful settlement (=one that is reached by discussion, without fighting)
divorce settlement (=an agreement about how money and property is divided at the end of a marriage)
out-of-court settlement (=when people make an agreement between themselves to avoid a court case)