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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Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner..
Candidating :: Candidating (n.) The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement..
Colony :: Colony (n.) The district or country colonized; a settlement.
Footing :: Footing (n.) Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
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..
Convictism :: Convictism (n.) The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
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..
Preestablishment :: Preestablishment (n.) Settlement beforehand.
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..
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..
Back :: Back (a.) Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements..
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..
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.) A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West..
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..
Accommodation :: Accommodation (n.) An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
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..
Inhabitant :: Inhabitant (n.) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident..
Postnuptial :: Postnuptial (a.) Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife..
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