settlement

/ˈsetlmənt/ noun [C]

Translation

AGREEMENT › an official agreement that finishes an argument

sözleşme, antlaşma

a peace settlement 1281449692

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

yeni yerleşim bölgesi; yerleşim alanı, meskün mahal

a Jewish settlement659

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

If a reason, argument or explanation holds water, it is true

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