Definition of settlement

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Settlement (n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor..

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Satisfaction :: Satisfaction (n.) Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation..
Arrangement :: Arrangement (n.) Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement..
Penal :: Penal (a.) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement..
Train :: Train (v.) Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement..
Preestablishment :: Preestablishment (n.) Settlement beforehand.
Convictism :: Convictism (n.) The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
Decision :: Decision (n.) The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion..
Plantation :: Plantation (n.) An original settlement in a new country; a colony.
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West..
Contango :: Contango (n.) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day..
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc..
Adjustment :: Adjustment (n.) Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support..
Establishment :: Establishment (n.) The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
Inhabitant :: Inhabitant (n.) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident..
Compromise :: Compromise (n.) A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement..
Dissettlement :: Dissettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.
Surrogate :: Surrogate (n.) In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates..
Accommodation :: Accommodation (n.) An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
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