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单词 settlement
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settlementnoun

uk​/ˈset.əl.mənt/us​/ˈset̬.əl.mənt/

settlement noun (AGREE)

C1 [ C or U ] an official agreement that finishes an argument:

It now seems unlikely that it will be possible to negotiate/reach a peaceful settlement of the conflict.
As part of their divorce settlement, Jeff agreed to let Polly keep the house.

C2 [ C ] an arrangement to end a disagreement involving a law having been broken, without taking it to a law court, or an amount of money paid as part of such an arrangement:

They reached an out-of-court settlement.
The actor accepted a settlement of $100,000 from the magazine.

More examples

  • Lack of willingness to compromise on both sides is the main stumbling block to reaching a settlement.
  • This settlement will resolve one of the most vexatious problems in the field of industrial relations.
  • Employers have reached a settlement over new working practices.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

International relations: diplomacy & mediation

  • ambassador
  • ambassadorial
  • appease
  • attaché
  • bargaining chip
  • diplomat
  • diplomatic
  • diplomatic bag
  • diplomatic corps
  • diplomatic immunity
  • intercede
  • intercession
  • intermediary
  • internationalism
  • interventionist
  • legation
  • mediate
  • middleman
  • Pax
  • the diplomatic service

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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Accepting & agreeing
Court cases, orders & decisions

settlement noun (HOME)

C2 [ C or U ] a place where people come to live or the process of settling in such a place:

A large Roman settlement has been discovered just outside the French town.
Many Native Americans were killed during the settlement of the American West by Europeans in the 19th century.

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Towns & regions: towns, cities & villages (general)

  • aerotropolis
  • backwater
  • bedroom community
  • Cantabrigian
  • capital
  • conurbation
  • county borough
  • dormitory town
  • ghost town
  • Greater
  • hill station
  • hometown
  • megacity
  • metropolis
  • metropolitan
  • one-horse town
  • port
  • small-town
  • town
  • urbanite

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settlement noun (PAYMENT)

[ C or U ] the action of paying money to someone:

The settlement of his debts took him several months.
I enclose a cheque in settlement of your claim.
UK Her mother made a settlement on her (= made a formal arrangement to give her money) when she started college.

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Costs & expenses

  • admission
  • aliment
  • alimony
  • asking price
  • carrying charge
  • charge
  • compensation
  • corkage
  • cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
  • cost-of-living index
  • damage
  • dent
  • expense
  • flat rate
  • indirect cost
  • maintenance
  • price war
  • running costs
  • stoppage
  • worth

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settlement noun (MOVEMENT LOWER)

[ U ] the process of the slow sinking of a building or the ground

settlementnoun

us​/ˈset̬·əl·mənt/

settlement noun (PAYMENT)

[ C/U ] payment of money that is owed:

[ U ] We enclose a check in settlement of your claim.

settlement noun (PLACE TO LIVE)

[ C/U ] the act of going to live in a new place where few people have lived before, or the place where people have come to live:

[ U ] Early settlement developed around a copper mine.
[ C ] Permanent European settlements were established here in the 1830s.

settlement noun (AGREEMENT)

[ C ] an official agreement that ends an argument:

Both sides are working to negotiate a peace settlement.

[ C ] A settlement is also an arrangement, often with payment of money, to end a legal disagreement without taking it to court:

The actor agreed to a $100,000 settlement from the newspaper.

settlementnoun

uk​/ˈsetlmənt/us​

[ C or U ] an official agreement or decision that ends an argument, often involving a payment of money:

negotiate/reach a settlement
The lawyer negotiated an out-of-court settlement of $2 million.

[ C or U ] payment of a debt:

in settlement of sth I wrote a check for $200 in settlement of my debts.
Be sure to make full and final settlement by the repayment deadline.

[ U ] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET the process by which shares and money are exchanged at the end of a day of trading on a financial market:

The Stock Exchange has an electronic share settlement system.

[ U ] the process by which payments are made on cheques:

This charge is made for the returned cheque due to insufficient funds for cheque settlement.
See also
the Bank for International Settlements
cash settlement
rolling settlement
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