settlement

1. 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 (synset 108390976)
   "the American colony in Paris"
   is a type of: body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
   subtypes:

   • frontier settlement, outpost - a settlement on the frontier of civilization
   • plantation - a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America)
   • proprietary colony - a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century)
   specific instances:

   • demerara - a former Dutch colony in South America; now a part of Guyana
   • calpe, gibraltar, rock of gibraltar - location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules
   • plymouth colony - colony formed by the Pilgrims when they arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620; it was absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691
   • new amsterdam - a settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island; annexed by the English in 1664 and renamed New York
   member holonym: colonial - a resident of a colony
   same as: colony
2. A community of people smaller than a town (synset 108243620)
   is a type of: community - a group of people living in a particular local area
   subtypes: moshav - a cooperative Israeli village or settlement comprised of small farms
   same as: small town, village
3. A conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it (synset 107192584)
   is a type of: agreement, understanding - the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
   subtypes:

   • accommodation - a settlement of differences
   • conclusion - a final settlement
   • out-of-court settlement - resolution of a dispute prior to the rendering of a final decision by the trial court
   • property settlement - (matrimonial law) the division of property owned or acquired by marriage partners during their marriage
   • accord and satisfaction - the settlement of a debt by paying less than the amount demanded in exchange for extinguishing the debt
4. The act of colonizing;
   The establishment of colonies (synset 101254867)
   "the British colonization of America"
   is a type of: constitution, establishment, formation, organisation, organization - the act of forming or establishing something
   subtypes: population - the act of populating (causing to live in a place)
   same as: colonisation, colonization
5. Something settled or resolved;
   The outcome of decision making (synset 105797094)
   "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"
   is a type of: deciding, decision making - the cognitive process of reaching a decision
   same as: closure, resolution
6. An area where a group of families live together (synset 108690300)
   is a type of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth
   subtypes: hamlet, village - a settlement smaller than a town
7. Termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities (synset 100229402)
   is a type of: conclusion, ending, termination - the act of ending something
   subtypes: viatical settlement, viaticus settlement - sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder
   same as: liquidation

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