English translation for "settlement"

[ 'setlmənt ] 
n.
1.解决。
2.决定。
3.镇定；安定。
4.固定；定着。
5.澄清；沉淀；沉淀物；沉积物；【地质学；地理学】沉陷。
6.和解。
7.整理；清理。
8.支付；清算；清偿；结账；决算。
9.殖民；殖民地；居留地；租界；(新)住宅区；居民点。
10.〔美国〕部落；村落。
11.殖民团体；(一地的)居民社会。
12.居住权。
13.成家；有家属。
14.【法律】(财产的)授与；让渡；处理。
15.(房屋等的)下沉。
16.(作为慈善事业的)贫民区社会改良团体。 a settlement out of court 【法律】(自行)和解。 terms of settlement 和解条件。 the International S- (昔时上海等处的)公共租界。 a marriage settlement 【法律】结婚时的财产授与处理。 a social settlement 社会服务处。 come to a settlement 1. 解决。 2. 决定。 3. 和解。 make a settlement on [upon] 授财产给。 reach a settlement＝come to a settlement.

Related Translations:

marriage settlement:  夫妇财产契约。

settlement worker:  贫民区社会改良团体工作人员。

viatical settlement:  临终保险安排〔指以现金支付人寿保险部份保险金，以换取死后的抚恤金〕。

settlement duty:  遗产税。

foreign settlement:  租界，外国人居留地。

bank for international settlement:  国际清算银行。

Example Sentences:

	1.	We must impose restraints on wage settlements . 我们必须对工资的协议加以限制。
	2.	I enclose a check in settlement of your account . 我附支票一张以结清贵处帐目。
	3.	Their settlement were submerged . 他们的居所被淹没了。
	4.	The two countries made settlement by amicable arrangement . 两国以友好调解解决争端。
	5.	Settlement had always been prompt . 付款一直迅速。
	6.	Settlement would require ceding some egyptian territory . 解决办法将要求埃及让出一些领土。
	7.	Consolidation settlement occurs mainly in clays or silts . 压缩沉降主要出现在粘土或粉沙中。
	8.	Sallie is going to do settlement work in boston next winter . 莎莉准备冬天去波士顿从事贫民救济。
	9.	The trade contract stipulates for the settlement of balances in rmb . 贸易合同规定余额以人民币结算。

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