settlement
/sˈɛtʌlmʌnt/
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Noun
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; "the American colony in Paris"
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a community of people smaller than a town
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a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
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the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America"
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something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they 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"
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an area where a group of families live together
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termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities