Settlement

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A settlement may refer to

Any location where people live. See hamlet (place), village, town and city.
An initial step in the colonization of open lands, or the resulting communities (civilization); see hamlet (place) and settler.
An informal settlement or squatter camp, also known as shanty town.
A formal settlement forming part of a town planning scheme.
A location as used in South Africa
An archaeological site with previous human occupation.
A settlement (law) is an agreement resolving a dispute.
The process of swapping the consideration for the deeds, shares, securities, or other financial instrument once the trade, deal, or bargain has been executed; see settlement (finance).
In the context of an occupied territory, a settlement is a permanent civilian presence protected by a foreign military, such as in Northern Cyprus, the West Bank or Western Sahara. (See also Israeli settlement).

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