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settlement

settlement

34 3.5
The final action that pays debts and closes a business or financial deal
  • noun
  • /ˈsɛtəlmənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : liquidación
  • The market infrastructure itself, like Australia, is using blockchain technology to do their clearing and settlement of stocks.
  • final settlement
  • amount of the settlement
  • early settlement

So this delay in settlement says when does it apply?

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Examples

  • Most of the time, however, settlement is the best option for clients.

    Academic text (1993)
  • And part of the reason for that is that the settlement happened so quickly.

    Blog text (6)
  • So the settlement is this amount from one side to the other.

  • All right, so let's get this settlement going.

  • Well, I got only half the settlement I deserved!

  • We see no necessity for a financial settlement of any kind.

  • The settlement for past wrongs.

  • Once you have filed the papers, draft a common settlement agreement in accordance with your spouse.

    Blog text (12)
  • If your mother can't fit you in tonight, please find a hotel and I'll reimburse your expenses as part of the settlement.

  • After a lengthy negotiation, the lawyer finalized the financial settlement between the two parties.

Synonyms

conclusion
vssettlement
  • Formal
45 3.3

The formal end of an agreement or talks

is broader covering business final steps like payments or trades
final payment
vssettlement
3 2.9

Last money you pay to finish a debt

focuses on whole business finalization not only the money transfer
payoff
vssettlement
2 3.9

Final amount you give to finish a debt

has identical meaning and no difference in sense
to finalizing the deal
vssettlement
  • US
2 3.5

To complete the steps to make a business agreement official

refers more to finishing business operations like payments or trades

Antonyms

default
  • Specialized
74 5.2

Failure to pay money you owe on a loan

Compounds

An agreement that ends a legal dispute before it goes to court

2 6.1

A legal agreement that divides a couple's money and things after divorce or separation

A community center in a poor city area offering classes and help to residents

A small community at the edge of known land where pioneers live

1 6.4

A formal agreement before marriage about money and property rights

viatical settlement
  • Specialized
9.9

An agreement where a very ill person sells a life insurance policy for money now

viaticus settlement
  • Specialized
9.9

Selling a life insurance policy to get money when very sick and likely to die soon

How Complete

settlement
  • Specialized
34 3.5
clearance
  • Formal
223 4.4

Surface Forms

settlement singular
settlements plural

Morphology

settlement = settle (transparent) = settle + ment

Derived from 'settle' in the sense 'to pay or finalize (accounts)' plus '-ment', yielding the noun for completion of a transaction.

Etymology

Settlement comes from the verb settle, which means 'to finish' or 'to pay'. So a settlement in business is the final step of making a deal complete, such as paying debts or completing a trade.