Definition of settlement

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Settlement (n.) Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.

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Fine :: Fine (n.) A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct..
Finality :: Finality (n.) The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement..
Footing :: Footing (n.) Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
Colony :: Colony (n.) The district or country colonized; a settlement.
Advancement :: Advancement (v. t.) Settlement on a wife, or jointure..
Herrnhuter :: Herrnhuter (n.) One of the Moravians; -- so called from the settlement of Herrnhut (the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen..
Open :: Open (v. t.) To make known; to discover; also, to render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc..
Unsettlement :: Unsettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material..
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..
Train :: Train (v.) Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement..
Convictism :: Convictism (n.) The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
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..
Candidating :: Candidating (n.) The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner..
Dissettlement :: Dissettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled..
Inhabitant :: Inhabitant (n.) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West..
Accommodation :: Accommodation (n.) An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed..
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