Settlement

Definition

settlement /'setlmǝnt/ n ၁။ (က) [C] ေျပၿငိမ္းျခင္း။ ေက်ေအးျခင္း။ negotiate a peace/ pay settlement ❍ an out-of-court settlement ❍ The strikers have reached a settlement with the employers. (ခ) [U] ၿပီးေျပေအာင္ေပးဆပ္ျခင္း။ ေက်ေအးျခင္း။ ေျပၿငိမ္းျခင္း။ the settlement of a debt/ dispute/ claim. ၂။ [C] ( law ) (တရားဝင္ေပးအပ္သည့္၊ ေပးအပ္ ရသည့္)ဥစၥာေၾကးေငြ။ a divorce settlement. ၃။ (က) [C] နယ္ သစ္တြင္ အေျခခ်ရာ၊ ေက်းရြာ စသည္။ Dutch and English settlements in North America ❍ penal settlements in Australia. (ခ) [U] ယင္းနယ္သစ္တြင္ အေျခခ်ျခင္း။ the gradual settlement of the American West. ၄။ [U] ေႂကြးဆပ္ျခင္း။ I enclose a cheque in settlement of your account.

Examples

1. They are negotiating a peace settlement.
2. The settlement of disputes between employers and employees
3. He got the flat as part of their divorce settlement.
4. An out-of-court settlement (=made without asking a court to decide)
5. They discovered the remains of an early Anglo-Saxon settlement.
6. [settlement of] : Your duties include dealing with the settlement of guests’ accounts.
7. [in settlement (of something)] : Enclosed is a cheque in settlement of the bill.
8. You can expect some settlement over time.