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settlement

noun
/ˈsɛ.təl.mənt/

Etymology

From settle + -ment.

  1. derived from saht
  2. inherited from sahtlian
  3. inherited from sahtlen
  4. derived from setl
  5. inherited from setlan — “to settle, seat, put to rest”
  6. inherited from setlen
  7. formed as settlement — “settle + -ment”

Definitions

  1. The act of settling.

    • settlement of debt

  2. The state of being settled.

  3. A colony that is newly established

    A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city

      A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.

    2. A site where people used to live together in ancient times

      A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.

    3. The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.

    4. The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously…

      The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.

    5. A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.

    6. A settled place of abode

      A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.

    7. A resolution of a dispute.

    8. A mutual agreement to end a dispute without resorting to legal proceedings, also known as…

      A mutual agreement to end a dispute without resorting to legal proceedings, also known as an out-of-court settlement or settling out of court.

    9. An estate or district in Anglo-Indian Bengal where, instead of taking a quota of the…

      An estate or district in Anglo-Indian Bengal where, instead of taking a quota of the year's produce, the government took a fixed sum several times a year from the local cultivators.

The neighborhood

Derived

antisettlement, dissettlement, human settlement, life settlement, nonsettlement, outsettlement, phantom settlement, postsettlement, presettlement, resettlement, settlement agreement, settlementation, settlement currency, settlement date, settlement house, settlement tank, unsettlement, urban-type settlement, viatical settlement

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at settlement. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at settlement. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at settlement

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA