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单词 settlement
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settlement

noun
 
/ˈsetlmənt/
/ˈsetlmənt/
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  1.  
    [countable] an official agreement that ends an argument between two people or groups
    • to negotiate a peace settlement
    • The management and unions have reached a settlement over new working conditions.
    • an out-of-court settlement (= money that is paid to somebody or an agreement that is made to stop somebody going to court)
    Extra Examples
    • The union has negotiated a temporary settlement.
    • There are still hopes for a negotiated settlement.
    Topics Discussion and agreementc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • final
    • lasting
    • long-term
    verb + settlement
    • achieve
    • agree
    • reach
    settlement + noun
    • agreement
    • offer
    preposition
    • settlement of
    • under a/​the settlement
    • settlement with
    phrases
    • in settlement of
    • the terms of the settlement
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  2.  
    [uncountable] the action of reaching an agreement
    • the settlement of a dispute
    Topics Discussion and agreementc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • final
    • lasting
    • long-term
    verb + settlement
    • achieve
    • agree
    • reach
    settlement + noun
    • agreement
    • offer
    preposition
    • settlement of
    • under a/​the settlement
    • settlement with
    phrases
    • in settlement of
    • the terms of the settlement
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  3. [countable] (law) the conditions, or a document stating the conditions, on which money or property is given to somebody
    • a divorce/marriage/property settlement
    Extra Examples
    • Nurses refused to accept a pay settlement less than the rate of inflation.
    • The company had to pay multi-million-dollar settlements to victims.
    • They made a financial settlement with the family in order to prevent a civil lawsuit.
    • They signed away their legal rights for a large cash settlement.
    • They won a settlement of $10.6 million.
    • a beneficiary under the settlement
    • a proposed $100-million global settlement of a class action suit
    Topics Family and relationshipsc2, Law and justicec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • final
    • lasting
    • long-term
    verb + settlement
    • achieve
    • agree
    • reach
    settlement + noun
    • agreement
    • offer
    preposition
    • settlement of
    • under a/​the settlement
    • settlement with
    phrases
    • in settlement of
    • the terms of the settlement
    See full entry
  4. [uncountable] the action of paying back money that you owe
    • the settlement of a debt
    • Settlement is made monthly by direct debit.
    • in settlement of something She had to pay over $5 000 in settlement of her debts.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • final
    • lasting
    • long-term
    verb + settlement
    • achieve
    • agree
    • reach
    settlement + noun
    • agreement
    • offer
    preposition
    • settlement of
    • under a/​the settlement
    • settlement with
    phrases
    • in settlement of
    • the terms of the settlement
    See full entry
  5.  
    [countable] a place where people have come to live and make their homes, especially where few or no people lived before
    • signs of an Iron Age settlement
    • a mining settlement
    see also informal settlement
    Extra Examples
    • The Romans established a settlement on the south shore.
    • the earliest urban human settlement in the world
    Topics Social issuesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • ancient
    • early
    • land
    verb + settlement
    • establish
    • found
    settlement + verb
    • grow up
    settlement + noun
    • patterns
    • site
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  6. [uncountable] the process of people making their homes in a place
    • the settlement of the American West
    • early settlement patterns in South America
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • ancient
    • early
    • land
    verb + settlement
    • establish
    • found
    settlement + verb
    • grow up
    settlement + noun
    • patterns
    • site
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