settlement

英 ['set(ə)lm(ə)nt] 美['sɛtlmənt]

• n. 解决，处理；[会计] 结算；沉降；殖民

1. 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

2. a community of people smaller than a town

3. a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

4. the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies;

"the British colonization of America"

5. something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making;

"the 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"

6. an area where a group of families live together

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