Settlement may refer to: Human settlement, a community where people live Settlement (structural), downward movement of a structure's foundation 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 Thomson Bay Settlement, Rottnest Island, Western Australia, also known as simply The Settlement Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction Israeli settlement, Israeli build communities in the occupied territories
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 Sedentism, the practice of living in one place for a long time 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 Settler colonialism, replacing the original population with a new society of settlers Soil consolidation, a process by which soils decrease in volume Squatting, occupying an abandoned building Structured settlement, a negotiated financial or insurance arrangement