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Noun settlement has 7 senses
colony, settlement - a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government--1 is a kind of body
 --1 has members: colonial
 --1 has particulars:
village, small town, settlement - a community of people smaller than a town--2 is a kind of community
 --2 has particulars: moshav
 
settlement - a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it--3 is a kind of agreement, understanding
 --3 has particulars:
colonization, colonisation, settlement - the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America"--4 is a kind of constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation
 --4 has particulars: population
 
settlement, resolution, closure - something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "the finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"--5 is a kind of decision making, deciding
 
settlement - an area where a group of families live together--6 is a kind of geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
 --6 has particulars: village, hamlet
 
liquidation, settlement - termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities--7 is a kind of termination, ending, conclusion
 --7 has particulars: viatical settlement, viaticus settlement
 
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