Settlement may refer to: *Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building *Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction *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 *Israeli settlement, Jewish civilian communities built on land occupied by Israel

* * *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 *Settler colonialism, replacing the original population with a new society of settlers *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 *Sedentism, the practice of living in one place for a long time *Squatting, occupying an abandoned building *Structured settlement, a negotiated financial or insurance arrangement *Consolidation (soil), a process by which soils decrease in volume {{Disambiguation

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