1620s, "act of fixing or steadying;" from settle (v.) + -ment. Meaning "a colony," especially a new one, "tract of country newly developed" is attested from 1690s; that of "small village on the frontier" is from 1827, American English. Sense of "payment of an account" is from 1729; legal sense "a settling of arrangements" (of divorce, property transfer, etc.) is from 1670s.
例文
1. The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.
この村には50世帯しか住んでいません。
2.There are much brighter prospects for a comprehensive settlement than before.
総合的なコミュニティは、以前よりも明るい将来性を持っています。
3.Officials have now been delegated to start work on a draft settlement .
現在、役人を派遣してソリューションの作成に着手している。
4.In court filings，they argued that the settlement was inadequate.
法廷訴訟では、和解費の額が少なすぎると主張している。
5.Without their assent a political settlement cannot be reached.