different between plans vs settlement

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plænz/
• Rhymes: -ænz

Verb

plans

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plan

Noun

plans

1. plural of plan

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?plans/
• Rhymes: -ans

Noun

plans

1. plural of pla

Cornish

Noun

plans m (plural plansow)

1. plant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl??/
• Homophone: plan

Adjective

plans

1. masculine plural of plan

Friulian

Noun

plans

1. plural of plan

Occitan

Noun

plans

1. plural of plan

Adjective

plans

1. masculine plural of plan

Swedish

Noun

plans

1. indefinite genitive singular of plan
2. indefinite genitive plural of plan

English

Etymology

settle +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?set.l.m?nt/
• Hyphenation: settle?ment

Noun

settlement (plural settlements)

1. The act of settling.
2. The state of being settled.
3. A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
4. A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.
5. (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
6. (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
7. (law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
8. (law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
9. (law) A resolution of a dispute.

Synonyms

• (A resolution of a dispute): arrangement

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:settlement

Derived terms

• settlement agreement
• settlement house

Related terms

• settler

Translations