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Open :: Open (v. t.) To make known; to discover; also, to render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc..

Preestablishment :: Preestablishment (n.) Settlement beforehand.

Equity :: Equity (n.) An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc..

Probation :: Probation (n.) The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a pastor..

Backwoodsman :: Backwoodsman (n.) A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act of setting, or the state of being settled..

Penal :: Penal (a.) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement..

Recorder :: Recorder (n.) The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court..

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..

Arrangement :: Arrangement (n.) Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement..

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..

Botany Bay :: Botany Bay () A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770..

Problem :: Problem (n.) A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a question involving doubt..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it..

Train :: Train (v.) Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country..

Composition :: Composition (n.) Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc..

Convictism :: Convictism (n.) The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.

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

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