settlement

美 [ˈset(ə)lmənt]英 ['set(ə)lmənt]
  • n.解决;结算;处理;移民
  • 网络和解;清算;居民点

复数:settlements

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settlement

n.

1.[c](解决纷争的)协议an official agreement that ends an argument between two people or groups

2.[u]解决;处理the action of reaching an agreement

3.[c](关于钱财转让的)协议(书)the conditions, or a document stating the conditions, on which money or property is given to sb

4.[u](欠款的)支付,偿付,结算the action of paying back money that you owe

5.[c](尤指拓荒安家的)定居点a place where people have come to live and make their homes, especially where few or no people lived before

6.[u]移民;殖民;开拓the process of people making their homes in a place

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