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IELTS BNC: 1600 COCA: 2167

settlement

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set·tle·ment /ˈsetlmənt/ ●●○ W3 noun  
1  official agreement 正式协议 [countableC]ARGUE# an official agreement or decision that ends an argument, a court case, or a fight, or the action of making an agreement 〔解决争端的〕协议，和解
 Union leaders and company bosses will meet tomorrow in an attempt to reach a settlement.
工会领导人和公司老板将于明天举行会议以期达成协议。
 His lawyers are understood to be negotiating a settlement.
据说他的律师正在商谈一个协议。
 Hopes grew that a workable peace settlement might emerge.
达成一项可行的和平协定的希望越来越大。
settlement of
 the search for a peaceful settlement of the Northern Ireland conflict
寻找和平解决北爱尔兰冲突的办法
 She got her home as part of the divorce settlement.
根据离婚协议，她拿到了房子。
 The company paid out over $10 million in an out-of-court settlement.
这家公司花了1,000多万美元进行庭外和解。
2  payment 支付 [uncountableU]BFLPAY FOR formal when you pay all the money that you owe 〔欠款的〕清偿
settlement of
 the settlement of all his debts
他所有债务的清偿
in settlement (of something)
 Wyatt had received the property in settlement of a bet.
怀亚特是打赌赢到这份房产的。
3  group of houses 住宅 [countableC]STOWN a group of houses and buildings where people live, especially in a place where few people have lived before 〔尤指拓荒者居住的〕定居点，村落
 The railway stations created new settlements.
这些火车站催生了新的定居点。
 an early Iron Age settlement
一座铁器时代早期的村落
4  new area/places 新的地区/地方 [uncountableU]SA when a lot of people move to a place in order to live there, especially in a place where not many people have lived before 殖民，移民，开拓
settlement of
 the settlement of the American West
美国西部的开拓过程
5. sinking 下沉 [uncountableU] technicalHEGDOWN the process in which a building or the ground slowly sinks downwards 〔建筑物或地面的〕沉降，下陷 SYN subsidence
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
reach a settlement
The companies reached a settlement in March.
achieve a settlement (=after a lot of discussions)
The government was determined to achieve a settlement in Northern Ireland.
negotiate a settlement (=have discussions to try to reach a settlement)
His lawyers are understood to be negotiating a settlement.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + settlement
an amicable settlement (=when people agree in a friendly way)
Disputes were often taken to a village council, which attempted to bring about an amicable settlement.
a peaceful settlement (=without fighting)
Both sides are working towards a peaceful settlement.
a political settlement (=one that is reached by political discussion, not fighting)
The British government favours a political settlement in the Middle East.
a peace settlement (=one which ends a war)
Hopes of a peace settlement receded.
a divorce settlement (=an agreement about money and property at the end of a marriage)
She acquired full ownership of the building in her 1986 divorce settlement.
an out-of-court settlement (=an agreement made to avoid a court case)
The army denied liability but agreed on an out-of-court settlement.
phrases
the terms of a settlement
Under the terms of the settlement, the company will pay an undisclosed sum as compensation.
Examples from the Corpus
settlement• Lybrand and soon after extracted a $ 25,000 settlement from Leckie.• Settlements started to appear all along the river.• What leader can bind a people to a settlement wholly repugnant to them?• The tools were found in an early Iron Age settlement.• The advantages of trying to obtain an out-of-court settlement at a relatively early stage in the proceedings are therefore obvious.• Still more to the point, were they welcomed by the Melians when they took over the existing settlement at Phylakopi?• Four out of every five settlements achieved by conciliation officers are for compensation and only one in ten for reinstatement or re-employment.• In 1909, the U. S. Government assumed control of the leper settlement at Molokai.• a Mormon settlement• Are there any examples which clearly show these hamlets to be an early form of settlement?• There were only a few scattered settlements of squatters by the river.• She lived in a small settlement on the edge of the desert.
reach a settlement• He said the company could have prevented such a radical restructuring if it had worked harder at reaching a settlement.• His agent, Scott Casterline, reached a settlement with the team that will save Brown one paycheck during his suspension.• Disney said yesterday it had reached a settlement with one group of contractors for an undisclosed sum.• Mr Widmer said there seemed little hope of reaching a settlement before Caldaire turned to legal action.• Mills and Raines reached a settlement in March, with Mills receiving half of the winnings.• Nithard presented Charles as doing everything possible to avoid battle and to reach a settlement with Lothar.• This deal was subsequently accepted in the other regions, which had hitherto failed to reach settlements.
in settlement (of something)• He had already acquired some ex-episcopal lands back in 1647-8, in settlement of earlier debts owing to him on the public faith.• Money has to be something that is widely accepted in settlement of debts.• Used properly, it can be of significant assistance in settlement of a claim.• In other words, there is a choice in settlement sites which depends on value-judgements and what people want to do.• Thus, streams, rivers, and particularly springs and wells have been important considerations in settlement siting.• A high proportion of trials which begin will end in settlement rather than judgment.• However, many more variables are involved in settlement siting and patterns.• All have similarities in settlement pattern and in social organization, with unilineal descent systems and chiefdom organization.
From Longman Business Dictionary
settlementset·tle·ment /ˈsetlmənt/ noun
1[countableC, uncountableU] an official agreement or decision that ends an argument between two people or organizations
After 15 years of litigation, appeals lawyers reached a settlement with the insurance company.
The inflation rate fell, reflecting recent lowwage settlements.
increases in public sector pay settlements
2[countableC, uncountableU]FINANCE the payment of money that someone owes
The company made afull and final settlement of £30 million.
Non-US residents are prepared to use the dollarin settlement of debts.
3[uncountableU]FINANCE the process of making payments relating to cheques, buying investments etcSYN CLEARING
The Bank of England and the London Stock Exchange developed a computerised settlement system for transactions in gilt-edged securities.
→ cash settlement → rolling settlement
set·tle·ment noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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IELTS BNC: 1600 COCA: 2167
settlement

noun¹

 1official/legal agreement協議ADJECTIVE | VERB + SETTLEMENT | SETTLEMENT + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤final最後的協議▸➤lasting, long-term, permanent永久的協議；長期協議➤comprehensive全面的協議◇a lasting and comprehensive peace settlement永久全面的和平協議➤early較早的協議▸➤temporary臨時協議▸➤amicable, friendly, peaceful友好的解決；和平的解決▸➤just, reasonable, satisfactory (especially BrE) 公正的／合理的／令人滿意的解決▸➤compromise折衷的協議▸➤negotiated協商解決➤global (law法律) 整體協議◇a proposed $100-million global settlement of a class action suit擬議的對一起集體訴訟給予 1 億美元整體賠償的和解協議➤constitutional, diplomatic, financial, legal, political憲制／外交／金融／法律／政治協議▸➤compensation, divorce, marriage (especially BrE) 賠償／離婚／婚前財產協議➤out-of-court庭外和解➤generous慷慨的協議➤huge, large大筆補償◇They signed away their legal rights for a large cash settlement.他們簽字放棄了獲得大筆現金補償的法律權利。➤cash現金協議➤peace和平協議➤post-war戰後協議▸➤pay, wage (BrE) 薪金／工資協議◇Nurses refused to accept a pay settlement less than the rate of inflation.護士拒絕接受低於通貨膨脹水平的調薪方案。➤dispute爭議解決VERB + SETTLEMENT➤achieve, agree, reach, secure得到解決；同意和解；達成協議◇Both parties hope to reach an amicable settlement.雙方都希望達成和解。➤make成功和解◇They made a financial settlement with the family in order to prevent a civil lawsuit.他們和這一家人達成經濟和解，以免去一場民事訴訟。➤negotiate, produce協商達成協議；促成和解◇The union has negotiated a temporary settlement.工會已協商通過了一項臨時協議。➤seek尋求和解◇Lawyers are seeking an out-of-court settlement.律師們正尋求庭外和解。➤offer, propose提出／建議和解➤accept接受和解➤receive, win得到／獲得和解補償◇They won a settlement of $10.6 million.他們得到了 1,060 萬美元的和解補償金。➤pay償付補償金◇The company had to pay multi-million-dollar settlements to victims.公司不得不向受害者支付數百萬美元的賠償金。SETTLEMENT + NOUN➤agreement和解協議◇negotiations for a final settlement agreement針對最終和解協議的談判➤offer和解補償建議◇a $50 000 pretrial settlement offer5 萬美元的庭審前和解補償建議PREPOSITION➤settlement of⋯的解決◇the peaceful settlement of a long-standing dispute長期爭端的和平解決➤under a/the settlement根據協議條款◇a beneficiary under the settlement協議的受益者➤settlement with與⋯的協議◇They have reached a settlement with the government.他們已和政府達成了協議。PHRASES➤in settlement of用於⋯的解決◇They agreed to pay $8 million in settlement of the claim by Duqual.他們同意拿出 800 萬美元賠償杜凱爾以達成和解。◇a cheque in settlement of the amount owing (BrE) 清償欠款的支票➤the terms of the settlement和解條款
settlement

noun²

 2place where people have come to live定居地ADJECTIVE | VERB + SETTLEMENT | SETTLEMENT + VERB | SETTLEMENT + NOUN ADJECTIVE➤ancient, early古老的／早期的定居地▸➤land土地墾殖▸➤agricultural, rural農墾地區；鄉村聚落➤urban城市定居地➤coastal沿海定居地➤isolated, outlying偏遠的／遠離市鎮的定居地➤large, small大規模／小規模定居地➤human人類定居地◇the earliest urban human settlement in the world世界上最早的人類城鎮定居地➤European, Jewish, etc.歐洲人、猶太人等定居點➤permanent永久性定居地➤illegal非法定居點➤penal (especially BrE) 罪犯流放地VERB + SETTLEMENT➤establish, found建立定居點◇The Romans established a settlement on the south shore.古羅馬人在南部海岸建立了定居點。SETTLEMENT + VERB➤grow up居住地擴展◇A settlement grew up around the castle.城堡周圍逐漸發展成一片居住地。SETTLEMENT + NOUN➤patterns居住地模式◇early settlement patterns in South America南美早期居住地模式➤site (especially BrE) 居住點
IELTS BNC: 1600 COCA: 2167
settlement noun
⇨ agreement 1 (a peace settlement) ⇨ payment (Settlement is made monthly.)
IELTS BNC: 1600 COCA: 2167
settlement
Ways of solving problems: solution, compromise, remedy...
Judgments, verdicts and official orders: acquit, acquittal, affiliation order...
Moving to and living in a different country: immigration, asylum, exile...
Miscellaneous payments: payment, advance, premium...
Presents and gifts: present, gift, valentine...
Geology and geological processes: carve, deposit, deposition...

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