Settlement
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Settlement
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1 n.
The act of setting, or the state of being settled.
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2 n.
Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor.
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3 n.
The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country.
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4 n.
The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc.
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5 n.
Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner.
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6 n.
A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it.
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7 n.
That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed.
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8 n.
Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.
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9 n.
A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West.
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10 n.
That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary.
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11 n.
The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material.
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12 n.
Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
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13 n.
A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support.
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14 n.
The act of setting, or the state of being settled.
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15 n.
Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor.
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16 n.
The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country.
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17 n.
The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc.
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18 n.
Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner.
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19 n.
A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it.
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20 n.
That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed.
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21 n.
Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.
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22 n.
A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West.
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23 n.
That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary.
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24 n.
The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material.
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25 n.
Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
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26 n.
A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support.