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settlement
- IPA[ˈsedlmənt]
美式
- an official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict；a formal arrangement made between the parties to a lawsuit in order to resolve it, especially out of court
noun: settlement, plural noun: settlements
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. an official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict unions succeeded in reaching a pay settlement the settlement of the Sino-Japanese war 同義詞
- ▪ a formal arrangement made between the parties to a lawsuit in order to resolve it, especially out of court the owner reached an out-of-court settlement with the plaintiffs 同義詞
- 2. a place, typically one that has hitherto been uninhabited, where people establish a community the little settlement of Buttermere 同義詞
- ▪ the process of settling in a new community the early settlement of Queensland 同義詞
- ▪ the action of allowing or helping people to establish settlements he was involved in the sale and settlement of land
- 3. an arrangement whereby property passes to a succession of people as dictated by the settlor inheritance tax could be due if you make a substantial gift or settlement and then die within the following seven years
- ▪ the amount or property given.
- 4. the action or process of settling an account most suppliers will offer early settlement discounts 同義詞
- 5. subsidence of the ground or a structure built on it a boundary wall, which has cracked due to settlement, is to be replaced
