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Synonyms of settlement in English:

settlement


See US English definition of settlement

See UK English definition of settlement

See Spanish definition of acuerdo

noun

1‘unions succeeded in reaching a pay settlement’

SYNONYMS
agreement, deal, arrangement, resolution, accommodation, bargain, understanding, pact
compromise
decision, conclusion, determination

2‘the settlement of the dispute’

SYNONYMS
resolution, sorting out, settling, solution, solving, bringing to an end, working out, smoothing over, reconciliation
successful arbitration, successful brokering, successful mediation
informal patching up
archaic composition

3‘a remote frontier settlement’

SYNONYMS
community, colony, outpost, encampment
trading post, post
village, hamlet
kibbutz, commune
pueblo, rancheria
South African werf
New Zealand kainga
terramare
historical plantation

4‘the settlement of the area’

SYNONYMS
colonization, settling, populating, peopling
historical plantation

5‘the settlement of his debt’

SYNONYMS
payment, discharge, defrayal, liquidation, settling, settling up, clearance, clearing, satisfaction
archaic reckoning