'settlement' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'settlement' with 4 example sentences.
- settlement noun
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: 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
: a community of people smaller than a town
: a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
: the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
: something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
: an area where a group of families live together
: termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
Can we establish a human settlement on Mars?
The two countries will negotiate a settlement to the crisis.
He received a million-dollar settlement.
They established settlements in Africa.