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noun
- The state of being settled.
- (legal) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
- A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled.
- (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
- (legal) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
- (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.
Translations: - German: Ansiedlung , Siedlung
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Etymology: (suffix, settle, ment)
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