Tra từ settlement - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

settle·ment [settlement settlements] BrE [ˈsetlmənt] NAmE [ˈsetlmənt] noun
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 sb or an agreement that is made to stop sb going to court)
2. uncountable the action of reaching an agreement
•the settlement of a dispute
3. countable (law)the conditions, or a document stating the conditions, on which money or property is given to sb
•a divorce/marriage/property, etc. settlement
4. uncountable the action of paying back money that you owe
•the settlement of a debt
•a cheque in settlement of a bill
•Settlement is made monthly by direct debit.
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
6. uncountable the process of people making their homes in a place
•the settlement of the American West

Example Bank:
•Both parties hope to reach an amicable settlement.
•Lawyers are seeking an out-of-court settlement.
•Nurses refused to accept a pay settlement less than the rate of inflation.
•The Romans established a settlement on the south shore.
•The company had to pay multi-million-dollar settlements to victims.
•The union has negotiated a temporary settlement.
•They agreed to pay $8 million in settlement of the claim by Duqual.
•They have reached a settlement with the government.
•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 $50 000 pretrial settlement offer
•a beneficiary under the settlement
•a cheque in settlement of the amount owing
•a lasting and comprehensive peace settlement
•a proposed $100-million global settlement of a class action suit
•early settlement patterns in South America
•full settlement of a debt
•negotiations for a final settlement agreement
•the earliest urban human settlement in the world
•the peaceful settlement of a long-standing dispute
•She had to pay over $5 000 in settlement of her debts.
•The house was put on the market as part of a divorce settlement.
•There are still hopes for a negotiated settlement.
•There have been efforts to broker a peace settlement with the militia groups.