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 |
colonization
colonisation
settlement | the act of colonizing, the establishment of colonies, the British colonization of America |
| 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 |
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 |
| settlement | an area where a group of families live together |
| viatical settlement | cash derived from sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder |
| assign allot portion | give out, We were assigned new uniforms |
accord
allot
grant | allow to have, grant a privilege |
c distribute
administer
mete out
deal parcel out
lot
dispense
shell out
deal out
dish out
allot dole out
b | administer or bestow, as in small portions, administer critical remarks to everyone present, dole out some money, shell out pocket money for the children, deal a blow to someone, the machine dispenses soft drinks |