settlement

set|tle|ment

W2 [ˈsetlmənt] n

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1¦(official agreement)¦

2¦(payment)¦

3¦(group of houses)¦

4¦(new area/places)¦

5¦(sinking)¦

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1.) ¦(OFFICIAL AGREEMENT)¦

an official agreement or decision that ends an argument, a court case, or a fight, or the action of making an agreement

▪ Union leaders and company bosses will meet tomorrow in an attempt to reach a settlement .

▪ His lawyers are understood to be negotiating a settlement .

▪ Hopes grew that a workable peace settlement might emerge.

settlement of

▪ the search for a peaceful settlement of the Northern Ireland conflict

▪ She was fortunate enough to get her home as part of the divorce settlement .

▪ The company paid out over $10 million in an out-of-court settlement .

2.) ¦(PAYMENT)¦[U] formal

when you pay all the money that you owe

settlement of

▪ the settlement of all his debts

in settlement (of sth)

▪ Wyatt had received the property in settlement of a bet.

3.) ¦(GROUP OF HOUSES)¦

a group of houses and buildings where people live, especially in a place where few people have lived before

▪ The railway stations created new settlements.

▪ an early Iron Age settlement

4.) ¦(NEW AREA/PLACES)¦[U]

when a lot of people move to a place in order to live there, especially in a place where not many people have lived before

settlement of

▪ the settlement of the American West

5.) ¦(SINKING)¦[U]

technical the process in which a building or the ground slowly sinks downwards

= ↑subsidence

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COLLOCATES for sense 1

reach/achieve a settlement

negotiate a settlement

peace settlement (=one to end a war)

peaceful settlement (=one that is reached by discussion, without fighting)

divorce settlement (=an agreement about how money and property is divided at the end of a marriage)

out-of-court settlement (=when people make an agreement between themselves to avoid a court case)

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