settlement

中文： 定居点、殖民地

1. The act of settling. (countable, uncountable) · settlement of debt
2. The state of being settled. (countable, uncountable)
3. A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled. (countable, uncountable)
4. A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place. (countable, uncountable)
5. A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village. (countable, uncountable)
6. The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement. (countable, uncountable)
7. 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. (countable, uncountable)
8. A disposition of property, or the act of granting it. (countable, uncountable)

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