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settlement, colonization, colonisation | the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies | |
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resolution, settlement, closure | something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making | |
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liquidation, settlement | termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities | |
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settlement | a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it | |
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village, small town, settlement | a community of people smaller than a town | |
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settlement | an area where a group of families live together | |
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settlement, colony | 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 |