2N-COUNT (通过赔偿等达成的)庭外和解 A settlement is an agreement to end a disagreement or dispute without going to a court of law, for example by offering someone money. (通过赔偿等达成的)庭外和解
She accepted an out-of-court settlement of £4,000.
5N-UNCOUNT [NOUNof n]移民;殖民;开拓 The settlement of a group of people is the process in which they settle in a place where people from their country have never lived before. 移民;殖民;开拓
...the settlement of immigrants in the occupied territories.