settle + -ment

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1. an official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict:

｟かたく｠ 〖具体例では可算; 通例修飾語を伴って〗合意, 決着, 解決, 和解(agreement)

e.g. unions succeeded in reaching a pay settlement

e.g. the settlement of the Sino-Japanese war.

a formal arrangement made between the parties to a lawsuit in order to resolve it, especially out of court:

示談(金)

e.g. the owner reached an out-of-court settlement with the plaintiffs.

2. a place, typically one that has hitherto been uninhabited, where people establish a community:

〖通例修飾語を伴って〗居留地, (開拓地としての)入植地

e.g. the little settlement of Buttermere.

the process of settling in a new community:

«…への» 入植, 移民 «of»

e.g. the early settlement of Queensland.

the action of allowing or helping people to establish settlements:

e.g. he was involved in the sale and settlement of land.

3. Law an arrangement whereby property passes to a succession of people as dictated by the settlor.

〖具体例では可算〗【人への】財産の贈与 «on, upon»

the amount or property given.

4. the action or process of settling an account.

〖具体例では可算〗借金の支払い

5. subsidence of the ground or a structure built on it:

(地盤などの)沈下

e.g. a boundary wall, which has cracked due to settlement, is to be replaced.