Noun

(en noun)

The state of being settled.

A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.

A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.

(architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.

(finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.

(legal) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.

(legal) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.

(legal) A resolution of a dispute.

Noun

(uncountable) The act of paying.

(countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment .” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.}}