settlement

/ˈsetlmənt/ noun [C]

Definition

AGREEMENT › an official agreement that finishes an argument: a peace settlement

PLACE › a town or village which people built to live in after arriving from somewhere else: a Jewish settlement

(Definition of settlement noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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