settlement  /s'ɛtəlmənt/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  settlement
  殖民,定居,殖民地;解決,決定,調停;結算,償付

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Settlement \Set"tle*ment\, n.
     1. The act of setting, or the state of being settled.
        Specifically:
        (a) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.;
            ordination or installation as pastor.
  
                  Every man living has a design in his head upon
                  wealth power, or settlement in the world.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
        (b) 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.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  settlement
       n 1: 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 [syn: {colony}]
       2: a community of people smaller than a town [syn: {village}, {small
          town}]
       3: a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
       4: the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the
          British colonization of America" [syn: {colonization}, {colonisation}]
       5: something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision
          making; "the finally reached a settlement with the union";
          "they never did achieve a final resolution of their
          differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve
          a sense of closure" [syn: {resolution}, {closure}]
       6: an area where a group of families live together
       7: termination of a business operation by using its assets to
          discharge its liabilities [syn: {liquidation}]