Definition of settlement

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Settlement (n.) That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary..

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Resettlement :: Resettlement (n.) Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees..
Dissettlement :: Dissettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled..
Back :: Back (a.) Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary..
Open :: Open (v. t.) To make known; to discover; also, to render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc..
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..
Moot :: Moot (n.) A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act of setting, or the state of being settled..
Intrusion :: Intrusion (n.) The settlement of a minister over 3 congregation without their consent.
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..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West..
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..
Finality :: Finality (n.) The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement..
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..
Unsettlement :: Unsettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance..
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..
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..
Colony :: Colony (n.) The district or country colonized; a settlement.
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