settlement Meaning and Definition

1. n. termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

2. n. the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

3. n. something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

4. n. a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

5. n. a community of people smaller than a town

6. 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

7. n. an area where a group of families live together