Antonyms for settlement
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : set-l-muh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛt l mənt |
Definition of settlement
Origin :- 1620s, "act of fixing or steadying;" from settle (v.) + -ment. Meaning "a colony," especially a new one, "tract of country newly developed" is attested from 1690s; that of "small village on the frontier" is from 1827, American English. Sense of "payment of an account" is from 1729; legal sense "a settling of arrangements" (of divorce, property transfer, etc.) is from 1670s.
- noun decision, conclusion
- noun community
- They had no children and this settlement assured them a peaceful old age.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- The draught of the settlement you may see whenever you will.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- He might begin to talk and maybe they could arrange a settlement.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- The history of her first settlement at Liesse, in Picardy, is thus related.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- As to the settlement of poor papa's affairs, my interest in that is not very selfish.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- They were told that when things should come to a settlement, all would be paid.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- They shook their heads in speaking of the settlement, and had no comfort to give him.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- They were early actors in the settlement and development of Ohio.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- In the fifth year of the settlement these salaries, reckoned in money, amounted to from £350 to £600.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- But the case was different with all who now came to the settlement.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
Synonyms for settlement
- adjustment
- agreement
- arrangement
- clearance
- colonization
- colony
- compact
- compensation
- completion
- conclusion
- confirmation
- contract
- covenant
- deal
- defrayal
- determination
- discharge
- disposition
- encampment
- establishment
- foundation
- habitation
- hamlet
- happy medium
- inhabitancy
- liquidation
- occupancy
- occupation
- outpost
- pay
- payment
- payoff
- plantation
- principality
- quietus
- reimbursement
- remuneration
- residence
- resolution
- satisfaction
- showdown
- termination
- trade-off
- working out
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