"settlements" in the noun sense

1. colony, settlement

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"

2. village, small town, settlement

a community of people smaller than a town

3. settlement

a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

4. colonization, colonisation, settlement

the act of colonizing the establishment of colonies

"the British colonization of America"

5. settlement, resolution, closure

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"

6. settlement

an area where a group of families live together

7. liquidation, settlement

termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

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