1. settlement

noun. ['ˈsɛtəlmənt'] 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.

Rhymes with Settlement

• abandonment
• abatement
• aberrant
• abhorrent
• abortifacient
• abridgement
• absent
• absorbent
• abstinent
• abundant
• accelerant
• accident
• accompaniment
• accompaniment
• accomplishment
• accountant
• accouterment
• accoutrement
• achievement
• acknowledgement

Sentences with settlement

1. Noun, singular or mass
Find out whether or not you have a choice between a lump-sum payment and a structured settlement.

Quotes about settlement

1. Most men either compromise or drop their greatest talents and start running after, what they perceive to be, a more reasonable success, and somewhere in between they end up with a discontented settlement. Safety is indeed stability, but it is not progression.
- Criss Jami, Killosophy

2. settlement

noun. ['ˈsɛtəlmənt'] a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it.

3. settlement

noun. ['ˈsɛtəlmənt'] the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies.

4. settlement

noun. ['ˈsɛtəlmənt'] a community of people smaller than a town.

5. settlement

noun. ['ˈsɛtəlmənt'] something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making.

6. settlement

noun. ['ˈsɛtəlmənt'] termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities.

7. settlement

noun. ['ˈsɛtəlmənt'] an area where a group of families live together.