Definition of settlement
1 : the act or process of settling
2a : an act of bestowing or giving possession under legal sanctionb : the sum, estate, or income secured to one by such a settlement
3a : occupation by settlersb : a place or region newly settledc : a small village
4 : settlement house
5 : an agreement composing differences
6 : payment or adjustment of an account
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Examples of settlement in a Sentence
I got the house in the divorce settlement.
The parties have not been able to reach a settlement in the case.
We were hoping for a quick settlement of the dispute between the neighbors.
English settlements in North America.
This was the island's first colonial settlement.
They came upon the ruins of an ancient settlement.
Recent Examples of settlement from the Web
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The university reached a $5.3 million settlement with DuBose's family, including free undergraduate tuition for DuBose's 13 children.
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Letting such lawsuits go forward also could jeopardize hopes of reaching a settlement with Cuba on the certified claims.
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A lawyer representing Columbia graduate Paul Nungesser issued a statement announcing a settlement in the case that dated to 2015.
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Investigations by the Justice Department and other American regulators, The New York Times notes, are ongoing and could mean more settlements and penalties, so C.F.O. Ewen Stevenson might not want to put his checkbook away just yet.
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After several months of haggling with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Louisville, which was acting as an intermediary, the agency and Morel reached a settlement in March.
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That agreement, named the Flores settlement after the teenage girl who brought the original case, stipulated that a child in deportation proceedings be afforded a bond hearing before an immigration judge.
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A lawsuit between Bahamian Village and the county, filed in July 2015, is still open but City Attorney Craig Leen said the parties are close to a settlement agreement.
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Innominato dropped the lawsuit after reaching a settlement agreement with defendants for an undisclosed amount of money in 2014, according to court records.
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First Known Use of settlement
1648
SETTLEMENT Defined for English Language Learners
settlement
playDefinition of settlement for English Language Learners
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: a formal agreement or decision that ends an argument or dispute; also : an amount of money that someone receives as part of such an agreement
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: the act or process of settling an argument or disagreement
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: the act of paying back money that is owed
SETTLEMENT Defined for Kids
settlement
playDefinition of settlement for Students
1 : a formal agreement that ends an argument or dispute
2 : final payment (as of a bill)
3 : the act or fact of establishing colonies the settlement of New England
4 : a place or region newly settled
5 : a small village
Law Dictionary
settlement
Legal Definition of settlement
1 : the act or process of settling
2a : an agreement reducing or resolving differences; especially : an agreement between litigants that concludes the litigation the states finally agreed upon a settlement and a consent decree — W. J. Brennan, Jr. entered into a property settlement prior to the divorce b : a formal and permanent grant or conveyance c : the sum, estate, or income granted or paid under a settlement if the monetary limits of a defendant's insurance policy can be discovered in order to obtain reasonable settlements — J. H. Friedenthal et al.
3 : closing settlement costs
4 : the transfer of funds between a payor bank and a collecting bank in order to complete transactions for customers
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