wikipedia|dab=settlement
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Pronunciation
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Etymology
suffix|settle|ment

Noun
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1. The state of being settled.
2. legal A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
3. A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled.
4. architecture The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
5. legal A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
6. finance 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.

Related terms
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Translations
trans-top|The state of being settled
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trans-top|(Law): A disposition of property, or the act of granting it
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trans-top|A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled
German: Ansiedlung f, Siedlung f
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Kurdish: KUchar|��شتگ��
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trans-top|(Architecture): The gradual sinking of a building
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trans-top|(Law): A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence
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trans-top|(finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer
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