Settlement may refer to: Human settlement, a community where people live Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction Settlement (finance), where securities are delivered against payment of money Settlement (litigation), a resolution between disputing parties about a legal case Settlement (trust), a deed whereby property is given by a settlor into trust Israeli settlement, Jewish civilian communities built on land occupied by Israel
See also
Act of Settlement (disambiguation), various legislation
Settlement Act, or Poor Relief Act 1662
Collective settlement, another name for an intentional community
Collective settlement (litigation), a legal term
Settler colonialism, replacing the original population with a new society of settlers Settlement geography, investigating the part of the earth's surface settled by humans Settlement movement, a Victorian era reformist social movement Settlement school, social reform institutions established in rural Appalachia in the early 20th century Sedentism, the practice of living in one place for a long time Squatting, occupying an abandoned building Structured settlement, a negotiated financial or insurance arrangement Consolidation (soil), a process by which soils decrease in volume