settlement
NOUN
/sɛtəl_mənt/
10 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH S
settlement is a valid 10-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1E1T1T1L1E1M3E1N1T1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =12 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 24TRIPLE WORD → 36
MEANING
What does settlement mean?
NOUN · 7 SENSES
1
The act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies.
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2
A community of people smaller than a town.
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3
Termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities.
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4
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.
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5
Something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making.
“they finally reached a settlement with the union”
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A conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it.
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An area where a group of families live together.
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