Words · Common
settlement
/ˈsɛtəlmənt/ · 10 letters · 6 distinct letters
- noun
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
the American colony in Paris
- noun
a community of people smaller than a town
- noun
a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
- noun
the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
the British colonization of America
- noun
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
they finally reached a settlement with the union