(n): a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
(n): a community of people smaller than a town
(n): a group of people living in a particular local area
(n): a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
(n): the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
(n): the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
(n): the act of forming or establishing something
(n): something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
(n): the cognitive process of reaching a decision
(n): an area where a group of families live together
(n): a demarcated area of the Earth
(n): termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
(n): the act of ending something
I don't find that he has once talked of settlements; much less of the licence. It is hard! But as your evil destiny has thrown you out of all other protection and mediation, you must be father, mother, uncle to yourself; and enter upon the requisite points for yourself.
Anna Howe to Clarissa Harlowe, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson
She then set forth to me, my friends' expectations from me; Mr. Solmes's riches (three times as rich he came out to be as anybody had thought him); the settlements proposed; Mr. Lovelace's bad character; their aversion to him...
Clarissa Harlowe to Anna Howe, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson