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Definition for settle (2 of 2)
settle2
[ set-l ]
/ ˈsɛt l /
noun
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
Origin of settle
2
before 900; Middle English: seat, sitting place, Old English setl; cognate with German Sessel armchair, Gothic sitls seat, Latin sella saddle; akin to sit1
Bridgewater, which fought the panel’s decision that it must pay the Tekmerion founders’ legal fees, has since settled the case.
The losses continue to pile up for hedge fund king Ray Dalio|Bernhard Warner|September 15, 2020|Fortune
Researchers have generally settled for repeatedly measuring flow speed at several points in the turbulence.
An Unexpected Twist Lights Up the Secrets of Turbulence|David H. Freedman|September 3, 2020|Quanta Magazine
They don’t jump back in and trade until mid-November once the dust has settled.
The markets rally is this close to becoming the ‘greatest of all time’|Bernhard Warner|September 2, 2020|Fortune
As businesses have settled into this new normal, they’ve also been looking inward.
Deep Dive: How companies and their employees are facing the future of work|Digiday|September 1, 2020|Digiday
As the realization settles in that the pandemic will stretch into multiple quarters rather than multiple months, CEOs must again grapple with how to advise their employees on returning to the office.
I’m a physician and a CEO. Why I won’t bring my employees back to the office before Labor Day 2021|matthewheimer|August 26, 2020|Fortune
I settle for a sweater and jacket and throw a tie in my briefcase just in case it turns out to be the prom.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I started to squirm in my chair and Jimbo put his hand back on my shoulder to settle me down.
I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The pressure is on the Supreme Court to settle this once and for all.
Gay Marriage Chaos Begins|Jay Michaelson|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They form a daily currency by which we settle relationships, but they also create doubt.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That figure represents the serious cut that the players took to settle the 2011 lockout, when it was slashed from 57 percent.
2014 NBA Preview: Skinny LeBron and the Racist Ghost of Donald Sterling|Robert Silverman|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The audit office should have information at hand sufficient to decline the claim or settle it immediately.
The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford
I thought you had entirely forgot my £20 amid the other weighty matters you had to settle for me.
The Book-Hunter|John Hill Burton
Railroads helped to settle the west and build up states beyond the Mississippi.
The Beginner's American History|D. H. Montgomery
In the interim, Sir Philip Harclay thought proper to settle his worldly affairs.
The Old English Baron|Clara Reeve
You cannot hurry constructions of this kind; they must have time to settle.
Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z|Various
British Dictionary definitions for settle (1 of 2)
settle1
/ (ˈsɛtəl) /
verb
(tr)to put in order; arrange in a desired state or conditionhe settled his affairs before he died
to arrange or be arranged in a fixed or comfortable positionhe settled himself by the fire
(intr)to come to rest or a halta bird settled on the hedge
to take up or cause to take up residencethe family settled in the country
to establish or become established in a way of life, job, residence, etc
(tr)to migrate to and form a community; colonize
to make or become quiet, calm, or stable
(intr)to be cast or spread; come downfog settled over a wide area
to make (a liquid) clear or (of a liquid) to become clear; clarify
to cause (sediment) to sink to the bottom, as in a liquid, or (of sediment) to sink thus
to subside or cause to subside and become firm or compactthe dust settled
(sometimes foll by up)to pay off or account for (a bill, debt, etc)
(tr)to decide, conclude, or dispose ofto settle an argument
(intr; often foll by on or upon)to agree or fixto settle upon a plan
(tr; usually foll by on or upon)to secure (title, property, etc) to a person, as by making a deed of settlement, will, etche settled his property on his wife
to determine (a legal dispute, etc) by agreement of the parties without resort to court action (esp in the phrase settle out of court)
See also settle down, settle for, settle in, settle with
Derived forms of settle
settleable, adjective
Word Origin for settle
Old English setlan; related to Dutch zetelen; see settle ²
British Dictionary definitions for settle (2 of 2)
settle2
/ (ˈsɛtəl) /
noun
a seat, for two or more people, usually made of wood with a high back and arms, and sometimes having a storage space in the boxlike seat
Word Origin for settle
Old English setl; related to Old Saxon, Old High German sezzal
end, complete, conclude, pay, fix, negotiate, determine, decide, work out, establish, clear, achieve, put an end to, put, land, sit, live, square, concert, figure