settlementとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈset.l.mənt/
• ハイフネーション: settle‧ment

名詞

settlement (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 settlements)

1. The act of settling.

   settlement of debt

2. The state of being settled.

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3. A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times).

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4. A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.

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5. (archeology) A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
6. (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
7. (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
8. (law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
9. (law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
10. (law) A resolution of a dispute.

同意語

• (A resolution of a dispute): arrangement

下位語

• See also Thesaurus:settlement

派生語

• settlement agreement
• settlement house

関連する語

• settler