C1 [ C or U ] an official agreement that finishes an argument(结束争端的)协议
C2 [ C ] an arrangement to end a disagreement involving a law having been broken, without taking it to a law court, or an amount of money paid as part of such an arrangement庭外和解;庭外和解费
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Lack of willingness to compromise on both sides is the main stumbling block to reaching a settlement.
This settlement will resolve one of the most vexatious problems in the field of industrial relations.
Employers have reached a settlement over new working practices.
C2 [ C or U ] a place where people come to live or the process of settling in such a place定居;定居地
[ C or U ] the action of paying money to someone结算;结帐;支付
[ U ] the process of the slow sinking of a building or the ground(建筑物、地面的)沉降,下沉
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