Settlement : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Settlement	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Settlement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
settlement n a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; "the American colony in Paris" Synonym(s): colony, settlement a community of people smaller than a town Synonym(s): village, small town, settlement a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America" Synonym(s): colonization, colonisation, settlement something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure" Synonym(s): settlement, resolution, closure an area where a group of families live together termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities Synonym(s): liquidation, settlement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Settlement \Set"tlement\, n. 1. The act of setting, or the state of being settled. Specifically: (a) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor. Every man living has a design in his head upon wealth power, or settlement* in the world. --L'Estrange. (b) 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.