settlement

n 1: a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties

with their homeland [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 [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" [syn: {resolution}]

6: an area where a group of families live together

7: terminating a business operation [syn: {liquidation}]