Definitions
1.nounThe act of settling.
2.nounThe state of being settled.
3.nounA colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
4.nounA community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.
5.nounThe gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
6.nounThe delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
7.nounA disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
8.nounA settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
9.nounA resolution of a dispute.