liquidation
settlement | termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities |
viatical settlement
viaticus settlement | sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder |
| site visit | a visit in an official capacity to examine a site to determine its suitability for some enterprise |
| wrong-site surgery | a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body |
colonization
colonisation
settlement | the act of colonizing, the establishment of colonies, the British colonization of America |
| drill site | workplace that is the site of a drill hole |
| settlement house | a center in an underprivileged area that provides community services |
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 |
web site
website
internet site
site | a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web, the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers |
portal site
portal | a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet, a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc. |
marriage contract
marriage settlement | a prenuptial agreement or contract |
| settlement | a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it |
| out-ofourt settlement | resolution of a dispute prior to the rendering of a final decision by the trial court |
| property settlement | (matrimonial law) the division of property owned or acquired by marriage partners during their marriage |
village
small town
settlement | a community of people smaller than a town |
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 |
frontier settlement
outpost | a settlement on the frontier of civilization |
| bomb site | an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs, they opened a parking lot on the bomb site |
campsite
campground
camping site
camping ground
bivouac
encampment
camping area | a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent |
cemetery
graveyard
burial site
burial ground
burying ground
memorial park
necropolis | a tract of land used for burials |
dig
excavation
archeological site | the site of an archeological exploration, they set up camp next to the dig |
toxic waste dump
toxic waste site
toxic dumpsite | a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally) |
| launching site | a place for launching pads |
| site situation | physical position in relation to the surroundings, the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides |
| active site | the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs |
| restriction site | the specific sites at which a restriction enzyme will cleave DNA |
site
land site | the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located), a good site for the school |
toxic site
toxic waste area
Superfund site | a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up |
| orphan site | a toxic waste area where the polluter could not be identified or the polluter refused to take action or pay for the cleanup |
| settlement | an area where a group of families live together |
vacant lot
building site | a lot on which there are no permanent buildings |
| viatical settlement | cash derived from sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder |
locate place
site | assign a location to, The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles |
| on-site | taking place or located at the site, on-site inspection |
| off-site | taking place or located away from the site, an off-site waste treatment operation |