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{
"term": "settlement",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an official agreement that ends an argument between two people or groups",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **negotiate a** peace **settlement**"
},
{
"text": "The management and unions have **reached a settlement** over new working conditions."
},
{
"text": "an **out-of-court settlement** *(= money that is paid to somebody or an agreement that is made to stop somebody going to court)*"
},
{
"text": "The union has negotiated a temporary settlement."
},
{
"text": "There are still hopes for a negotiated settlement."
}
],
"topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["final", "lasting", "long-term"],
"verb + settlement": ["achieve", "agree", "reach"],
"settlement + noun": ["agreement", "offer"],
"preposition": [
"settlement of",
"under a/the settlement",
"settlement with"
],
"phrases": ["in settlement of", "the terms of the settlement"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the action of reaching an agreement",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the settlement of a dispute"
}
],
"topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["final", "lasting", "long-term"],
"verb + settlement": ["achieve", "agree", "reach"],
"settlement + noun": ["agreement", "offer"],
"preposition": [
"settlement of",
"under a/the settlement",
"settlement with"
],
"phrases": ["in settlement of", "the terms of the settlement"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the conditions, or a document stating the conditions, on which money or property is given to somebody",
"labels": "(law)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a divorce/marriage/property settlement"
},
{
"text": "Nurses refused to accept a pay settlement less than the rate of inflation."
},
{
"text": "The company had to pay multi-million-dollar settlements to victims."
},
{
"text": "They made a financial settlement with the family in order to prevent a civil lawsuit."
},
{
"text": "They signed away their legal rights for a large cash settlement."
},
{
"text": "They won a settlement of $10.6 million."
},
{
"text": "a beneficiary under the settlement"
},
{
"text": "a proposed $100-million global settlement of a class action suit"
}
],
"topics": ["Family and relationships", "Law and justice"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["final", "lasting", "long-term"],
"verb + settlement": ["achieve", "agree", "reach"],
"settlement + noun": ["agreement", "offer"],
"preposition": [
"settlement of",
"under a/the settlement",
"settlement with"
],
"phrases": ["in settlement of", "the terms of the settlement"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the action of paying back money that you owe",
"sensetop": "in settlement of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the settlement of a debt"
},
{
"text": "Settlement is made monthly by direct debit."
},
{
"text": "She had to pay over $5 000 in settlement of her debts.",
"contextForm": "in settlement of something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["final", "lasting", "long-term"],
"verb + settlement": ["achieve", "agree", "reach"],
"settlement + noun": ["agreement", "offer"],
"preposition": [
"settlement of",
"under a/the settlement",
"settlement with"
],
"phrases": ["in settlement of", "the terms of the settlement"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a place where people have come to live and make their homes, especially where few or no people lived before",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "signs of an Iron Age settlement"
},
{
"text": "a mining settlement"
},
{
"text": "The Romans established a settlement on the south shore."
},
{
"text": "the earliest urban human settlement in the world"
}
],
"topics": ["Social issues"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["ancient", "early", "land"],
"verb + settlement": ["establish", "found"],
"settlement + verb": ["grow up"],
"settlement + noun": ["patterns", "site"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "the process of people making their homes in a place",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the settlement of the American West"
},
{
"text": "early settlement patterns in South America"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["ancient", "early", "land"],
"verb + settlement": ["establish", "found"],
"settlement + verb": ["grow up"],
"settlement + noun": ["patterns", "site"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsetlmənt/",
"audio": "se/settlement/settlement__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsetlmənt/",
"audio": "se/settlement/settlement__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}