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According to WordNet, the noun "settlement" has 7 sense(s).

108672562 an area where a group of families live together.

101252280 the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America".

105789089 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".

108374049 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".

108226699 a community of people smaller than a town.

107177924 a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it.

100228535 termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities.

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