settlement

Sense 1 noun

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

the American colony in Paris

Sense 2 noun

a community of people smaller than a town

Sense 3 noun

a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

Sense 4 noun

the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

the British colonization of America

Sense 5 noun

something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

they finally reached a settlement with the union

Sense 6 noun

an area where a group of families live together

Sense 7 noun

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