settling
/ˈsɛtl̩ɪŋ/ noun B1- The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
- The reckoning or settlement of accounts; the paying out of gambling winnings.
- Dregs; sediment.
Plural settlings
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“No, it is for the first expenses of your settling in Paris.”
It’s the mud settling, or the water rising, or something.”
The sun had set and dusk was settling over the moor.
Spencer returned, flushed and beaming, quite capable of taking any and every difficulty, physical, mental or spiritual, into consideration and settling it out of hand.
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