Settlement

English

Noun

settlement (plural: settlements )

1. The state of being settled.
2. (Law): A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
3. A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled.
4. (Architecture): The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
5. (Law): A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.