<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.</li><li>the act of making stable or putting on a permanent basis.</li><li>a state of stability or permanence.</li><li>an arrangement or adjustment, as of business affairs or a disagreement.</li><li>an agreement signed after labor negotiations between union and management.</li><li>the terms reached in this agreement.</li><li>the settling of persons in a new country or place.</li><li>a colony, especially in its early stages.</li><li>a small community, village, or group of houses in a thinly populated area.</li><li>a community formed and populated by members of a particular religious or ideological group: a Shaker settlement.</li><li>the satisfying of a claim or demand; a coming to terms.</li><li>Law: final disposition of an estate or the like.</li><li>the settling of property, title, etc., upon a person.</li><li>the property so settled.</li><li>British: legal residence in a specific place.</li><li>(of a pauper): the right to claim food and shelter from an official agency or specific town or district.</li><li>Also called settlement house: an establishment in an underprivileged area providing social services to local residents.</li><li>a subsidence or sinking of all or part of a structure.</li></ul>