Synonym: closure, colonisation, colonization, colony, liquidation, resolution, small town, village. Similar words: settle, settle for, settle down, element, implement, elementary, finite element, implementation. Meaning: ['setlmənt] 
n. 1. 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 2. a community of people smaller than a town 3. a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it 4. the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies 5. something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making 6. an area where a group of families live together 7. termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities.
n. 1. 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 2. a community of people smaller than a town 3. a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it 4. the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies 5. something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making 6. an area where a group of families live together 7. termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities. 
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61. The population and settlement of Colorado expanded after the gold strike of 1858.
62. He had intimated to the French and Russians his readiness to come to a settlement.
63. He proposed a negotiated settlement of the outstanding disputes between the two countries.
64. There are much brighter prospects for a comprehensive settlement than before.
65. We ought not to bring in extraneous matters in trying to find a basis for a settlement.
66. After much discussion the negotiators hammered out a compromise settlement.
67. There is no prospect of a settlement of the dispute.
68. The patent office pended the settlement of a patent application.
69. They seem interested in a peace settlement and have begun putting out feelers.
70. They mediated a settlement.
71. They are excavating the remains of an Iron Age settlement.
72. His lawyers are understood to be negotiating a settlement .
73. Officials have now been delegated to start work on a draft settlement.
74. She received the house as part of the divorce settlement .
75. They say they are making steady progress towards a peace settlement.
76. Her lawyers have been ruthless in thrashing out a divorce settlement.
77. Our divorce settlement was delayed by a year because our lawyer spent a lot of time arguing about legal niceties.
78. As things stand[sentencedict.com], there is little chance of a settlement in the dispute.
79. Negotiators are looking for a peaceful settlement to the dispute.
80. Egypt has said there is no time to lose in the search for a Middle East settlement.
81. They hope to be able to patch together a temporary settlement.
82. The US administration would like to see a negotiated settlement to the war.
83. North America provides the most striking instance of European settlement on a grand scale.
84. Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island.
85. The United Nations will act as guarantor of the peace settlement.
86. Many Native Americans were killed during the settlement of the American West by Europeans in the nineteenth century.
87. Diplomatic efforts to reach a settlement resume today after a two-week hiatus.
88. They agreed on the broad outlines of a wage settlement.
89. The actor accepted a settlement of £100 000 from the newspaper.
90. He also raised doubts about the American road map to a peace settlement.
More similar words: settle, settle for, settle down, element, implement, elementary, finite element, implementation, unsettling, commencement, movement, basement, little by little, placement, statement, management, retirement, enforcement, engagement, excitement, replacement, measurement, requirement, arrangement, involvement, chastisement, announcement, advertisement, little, cattle.