settlement
se tuhl muhnt
- n 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
- n a community of people smaller than a town
- n a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
- n the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
- n something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
they finally reached a settlement with the union - n an area where a group of families live together
- n termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
- If President Obama thought he could deliver the promise of a few Israeli concessions on settlements during his upcoming Cairo speech to the Muslim world, he was sorely mistaken.
- First, even a partial settlement freeze is more than any Administration has been able to squeeze from Israeli leaders in the past, says Robert Malley of the International Crisis .
- Charles Krauthammer has a misleading and evasive column about the Israeli settlements issue.