settlement

set-tle-ment · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    An official agreement that ends a dispute.

  2. 2.

    A place where people establish a community.

  3. 3.

    The act of settling in a new place.

  4. 4.

    Payment of a debt or account.

Forms

plural: settlements

Related words

See also: agreement, colony, community
Synonyms: agreement, colony, community

Etymology

From settle + -ment (suffix forming nouns from verbs).