{
    "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
}