Settlement

//ˈsɛ.təl.mənt//

Synonyms for "settlement" (292 found)

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Noun(2 words)
colonydisposition
commoncommonwealcommonwealthcommunecommunitycompositioncomposition of differencescompromiseconcessionconclusionconclusive evidenceconfermentconferralconfirmationconsignationconsignmentcontingent interestconveyanceconveyancingcop out
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cop-outcountrycountydamning evidencedealdebt servicedecidingdecisiondeedingdefrayaldefraymentdeliverancedeliverydemisedemonstrationdepositdesertion of principledeterminationdisbursaldischargedisposaldispositiondoling outdomaindominiondotdowerdown paymentdowryduchydukedomearldomearnestearnest moneyeasementeconomic classeliminationempeoplementemperyempireencampmentendogamous groupendowmentenfeoffmentequitable interestequityestablishmentestateevasion of responsibilityexchangeextended familyfamilyfixationfoundationfree citygensgive-and-takegivinggiving waygrand duchyhabitationhamlethire purchasehire purchase planholding

Related words (146)

inaugurationincontrovertible evidenceindisputable evidenceinhabitancyinhabitationinhabitinginitiationinstallationinstallmentinstallment planinterestinterest paymentinvestitureinvestmentironclad proofjointurekingdomkinship grouplandlease and release
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legal jointurelimitationlodgmentmandantmandatemandated territorymandateemandatorymarriage portionmoietymonthly paymentsmooringmutual concessionnationnationalitynever-nevernuclear familyoccupancyoccupationonusonus probandiorderoutpostpactpartpayingpaying offpaying outpaying uppaymentpayment in kindpayoffpeoplementpeoplingpercentagephratriaphratryphyleplantationpolispolitypopulationportionpossessionpostpowerprepaymentprincipalityprincipateproofprotectorateprovincepuppet governmentpuppet regimequarterly paymentsquietusquittanceradicationrapprochementrealmreconciliationregular paymentsremittancereparationrepublicresidenceresolutionretirementrightright of entrysalesatellitesatisfactionsealingselectionseneschaltysettingsettlingshowdownsignaturesigningsinking-fund paymentsocial classsocietysolemnizationsolutionsovereign nationspot cashstabilizationstakestatestrict settlementsubcastesultanatesuperpowersure signsurrendertermsterritorythirdstitletoparchiatoparchytotemtradingtransfertransferencetransmissiontransmittaltreatytrustunderstandingunmistakable signusevested interestvestingweekly paymentsworking-outyielding

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8 entries

Synonyms

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Related terms

2 entries

causes desire

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derived

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derived from

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has context

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holonym

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is a

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Translations

205 translations across 51 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • аҭы́шәныртәалара noun ((law) resolution)

Arabic

3 entries
  • مستوطنة noun (newly established colony)
  • مُسْتَعْمَرَة noun (newly established colony)
  • مُسْتَوْطَنَة noun (newly established colony)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կարգավորման noun ((law) resolution)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • həll noun ((law) resolution)
  • yaşayış məntəqəsi noun (community of people living together; populated place)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • аса́да noun (newly established colony)
  • насе́лены пункт noun (community of people living together; populated place)
  • пасе́лiшча noun (newly established colony)
  • пасяле́нне noun (newly established colony)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • заселване noun (the act of settling)
  • посе́лище noun (newly established colony)
  • постановление noun ((law) resolution)
  • разплащане noun ((finance) delivery and payment)

Catalan

4 entries
  • acord noun ((law) disposition of property)
  • assentament noun (newly established colony)
  • assentament noun (community of people living together; populated place)
  • assentament noun ((architecture) gradual sinking of a building)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • نیشتگە noun (newly established colony)

Chechen

2 entries
  • дӏадерзор noun ((law) resolution)
  • тадар noun ((law) resolution)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 定居點 /定居点 noun (newly established colony)
  • 殖民地 noun (newly established colony)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ϭⲉⲣϭⲏ noun (newly established colony)

Czech

1 entries
  • osada noun (newly established colony)

Danish

3 entries
  • forlig noun ((law) resolution)
  • sætning noun ((architecture) gradual sinking of a building)
  • sætningsskade noun ((architecture) gradual sinking of a building)

Dutch

1 entries
  • nederzetting noun (newly established colony)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • kolonio noun (newly established colony)
  • loĝloko noun (community of people living together; populated place)

Finnish

4 entries
  • asunto noun ((law) settled place of abode)
  • asuttaminen noun (the act of settling)
  • asuttaminen noun (the state of being settled)
  • asutus noun (community of people living together; populated place)

French

4 entries
  • acte de propriété noun ((law) disposition of property)
  • agglomération noun (community of people living together; populated place)
  • arrangement noun ((law) resolution)
  • colonie noun (newly established colony)

Galician

2 entries
  • asentamento noun (newly established colony)
  • avinza noun ((law) resolution)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მოგვარება noun ((law) resolution)

German

4 entries
  • Abfindung noun ((law) resolution)
  • Abrechnung noun ((finance) delivery and payment)
  • Absenkung noun ((architecture) gradual sinking of a building)
  • Ansiedlung noun (newly established colony)

Greek

4 entries
  • αποικισμός noun (newly established colony)
  • διακανονισμός noun ((finance) delivery and payment)
  • διευθέτηση noun (the state of being settled)
  • εκκαθάριση noun ((finance) delivery and payment)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • הִתְנַחֲלוּת noun (the act of settling)
  • הִתְנַחֲלוּת noun (newly established colony)
  • יִשּׁוּב noun (community of people living together; populated place)

Hindi

4 entries
  • बसना noun (the act of settling)
  • बस्ती noun (newly established colony)
  • बस्ती noun (community of people living together; populated place)
  • भुगतान noun ((finance) delivery and payment)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • betelepedés noun (the state of being settled)
  • betelepítés noun (the act of settling)
  • betelepülés noun (the state of being settled)
  • egyezség noun ((law) resolution)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • penyelesaian noun ((finance) delivery and payment)
  • penyelesaian noun ((law) resolution)
  • permukiman noun (community of people living together; populated place)

Irish

4 entries
  • lonnaíocht noun (the state of being settled)
  • lonnaíocht noun (newly established colony)
  • socrú noun (the state of being settled)
  • socrú noun ((law) disposition of property)

Italian

1 entries
  • insediamento noun (newly established colony)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 入植 noun (newly established colony)
  • 前哨地 noun (newly established colony)
  • 定住 noun (newly established colony)
  • 植民地 noun (newly established colony)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • бітімгершілік келісім noun ((law) resolution)
  • бәтуалы келісім noun ((law) resolution)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ការតាំងទីលំនៅ noun (newly established colony)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • населба noun (newly established colony)
  • населба noun (community of people living together; populated place)

Malay

4 entries
  • pembayaran noun ((finance) delivery and payment)
  • penempatan noun (the state of being settled)
  • penyelesaian noun (the state of being settled)
  • penyelesaian noun ((law) resolution)

Māori

2 entries
  • whakataiwhenuatanga noun (the act of settling)
  • whakataiwhenuatanga noun (the state of being settled)

Nepali

1 entries
  • बस्ती noun (newly established colony)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • bosetning noun (community of people living together; populated place)

Pitcairn-Norfolk

1 entries
  • setlment noun (newly established colony)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Aunsiedlunk noun (newly established colony)

Polish

4 entries
  • osada noun (newly established colony)
  • osada noun (community of people living together; populated place)
  • osadnictwo noun (the act of settling)
  • osiadanie noun ((architecture) gradual sinking of a building)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • assentamento noun (newly established colony)
  • assentamento noun (community of people living together; populated place)
  • estabelecer noun (the state of being settled)
  • liquidação noun ((finance) delivery and payment)

Romanian

1 entries
  • așezare noun (community of people living together; populated place)

Russian

4 entries
  • коло́ния noun (newly established colony)
  • населённый пункт noun (community of people living together; populated place)
  • поселе́ние noun (newly established colony)
  • посёлок noun (newly established colony)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • ग्राम noun (community of people living together; populated place)
  • विश् noun (community of people living together; populated place)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • násēlje noun (newly established colony)
  • на́се̄ље noun (newly established colony)

Slovak

1 entries
  • osada noun (newly established colony)

Slovene

3 entries
  • naselbina noun (newly established colony)
  • naselje noun (newly established colony)
  • poravnava noun ((finance) delivery and payment)

Spanish

4 entries
  • acuerdo noun ((law) disposition of property)
  • asentamiento noun (newly established colony)
  • asentamiento noun (community of people living together; populated place)
  • finiquito noun ((finance) delivery and payment)

Swedish

4 entries
  • bosättning noun (the act of settling)
  • förlikning noun ((law) resolution)
  • koloni noun (newly established colony)
  • samhälle noun (community of people living together; populated place)

Telugu

1 entries
  • తర్వాత noun (the state of being settled)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • གཞིས་ཆགས noun (newly established colony)

Turkish

4 entries
  • sulh olma noun (the state of being settled)
  • tediye noun ((law) resolution)
  • tesviye noun ((law) resolution)
  • uzlaşma noun (the state of being settled)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • насе́лений пункт noun (community of people living together; populated place)
  • оса́да noun (newly established colony)
  • посе́лення noun (newly established colony)
  • посе́лення noun (community of people living together; populated place)

Sample sentences

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Some scholars ascribe the settlement of America to social unrest in Western Europe.

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The settlement is a matter of time.

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May we ask you to remit the settlement in full at your earliest convenience?

Source: tatoeba (36259)

We expect an early settlement of the affair.

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