1. (

• colony ,
• settlement

) 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; "the American colony in Paris" ;

2. (

• village ,
• small_town ,
• settlement ,

) a community of people smaller than a town ;

3. (

• settlement

) a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it ;

4. (

• colonization ,
• colonisation ,
• settlement ,

) the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America" ;

5. (

• settlement ,
• resolution ,
• closure ,

) something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure" ;

6. (

• settlement

) an area where a group of families live together ;

7. (

• liquidation ,
• settlement

) termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities ;