Hamlet vs. Settlement

Hamletnoun

A small village or a group of houses.

Hamletnoun

(British) A village that does not have its own church.

Hamletnoun

Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.

Hamletnoun

A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.

Hamletnoun

a community of people smaller than a village

Hamletnoun

the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father

Hamletnoun

a settlement smaller than a town

Hamlet

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words.

Settlementnoun

The act of settling.

Settlementnoun

The state of being settled.

Settlementnoun

A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.

Settlementnoun

A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.

Settlementnoun

(architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.

Settlementnoun

(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.

Settlementnoun

(legal) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.

Settlementnoun

(legal) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.

Settlementnoun

(legal) A resolution of a dispute.

Settlementnoun

The act of setting, or the state of being settled.

Settlementnoun

Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor.

Settlementnoun

That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed.

Settlementnoun

The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country.

Settlementnoun

Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.

Settlementnoun

The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material.

Settlementnoun

The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc.

Settlementnoun

A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West.

Settlementnoun

A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support.

Settlementnoun

Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner.

Settlementnoun

That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary.

Settlementnoun

A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it.

Settlementnoun

a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

Settlementnoun

a community of people smaller than a town

Settlementnoun

a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

Settlementnoun

the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies;

Settlementnoun

something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making;

Settlementnoun

an area where a group of families live together

Settlementnoun

termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities