Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [1242]
7 : to fix by agreement
8 : to give legally
9 : to arrange in a desired position
10 : to fix or resolve conclusively : DECIDE
11 : to make a final disposition of <~ an account>
12 : to come to rest
13 : to reach an agreement on
14 : to sink gradually to a lower level
15 : to become clear by depositing sediment
Synonyms
[1, 9] ensconce, install, lodge, perch, roost—more at ENSCONCE
[4] allay, calm, compose, quiet, soothe, still, tranquilize—more at CALM
usually settle down [4] calm, cool, hush, quiet—more at QUIET
[7, 13] arrange, decide, fix, set—more at ARRANGE
[10] adjudicate, arbitrate, decide, determine, judge, referee, rule, umpire—more at JUDGE
[11] clear, discharge, foot, liquidate, pay, pay off, quit, recompense, spring, stand—more at PAY
[12] alight, land, light, perch, roost—more at ALIGHT
settled adjective : unlikely to change or be changed : established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
Synonyms
confirmed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, inveterate—more at INVETERATE
certain, determinate, final, firm, fixed, flat, frozen, hard, hard-and-fast, set, stable—more at FIXED
set·tle·ment noun 1 : the act or process of settling
2 : BESTOWAL 3 : payment or adjustment of an account 4 : COLONY 5 : a small village 6 : an institution providing various community services esp. to large city populations 7 : adjustment of doubts and differences Synonyms accord, agreement, bargain, compact, contract, convention, covenant, deal, pact, understanding—more at AGREEMENT set·tler noun : one that settles (as a new region) Synonyms colonist, frontiersman, homesteader, pioneer—more at FRONTIERSMAN emigrant, émigré, immigrant, migrant—more at EMIGRANT set–to noun, plural set–tos : FIGHT set·up noun 1 : the manner or act of arranging 2 : glass, ice, and nonalcoholic beverage for mixing served to patrons who supply their own liquor 3 : something (as a plot) that has been constructed or contrived; also : FRAME-UP Synonyms arrangement, configuration, conformation, format, layout arrangement, array, disposal, disposition, distribution, order, sequence—more at ORDER set up verb 1 : to place in position; also : ASSEMBLE 2 : CAUSE 3 : to bring about the beginning of : FOUND 4 : FRAME 5 5 : to place upright Synonyms [1] assemble, deposit, dispose, fix, lay, place, position, put, set, stick—more at PLACE [3] constitute, establish, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, start—more at FOUND [5] erect, pitch, put up, raise, rear—more at ERECT sev·en noun 1 : one more than six 2 : the 7th in a set or series 3 : something having seven units — seven adjective or pronoun — sev·enth adjective or adverb or noun sev·en·teen noun : one more than 16 — seventeen adjective or pronoun — sev·en·teenth adjective or noun seventeen–year locust noun : a cicada of the U.S. that has in the North a life of 17 years and in the South of 13 years of which most is spent underground as a nymph and only a few weeks as a winged adult sev·en·ty noun, plural -ties : seven times 10 — sev·en·ti·eth adjective or noun — seventy adjective or pronoun sev·er verb sev·ered; sev·er·ing : to separate into individual parts : DIVIDE; especially : to separate by or as if by cutting — sev·er·ance noun Synonyms break up, disconnect, disjoint, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, part, resolve, separate, split, sunder, unyoke—more at SEPARATE sev·er·al adjective [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF, fr. ML separalis, fr. L separ separate, fr. separare to separate] 1 : INDIVIDUAL, DISTINCT 2 : consisting of an indefinite number but yet not very many — sev·er·al·ly adverb severance pay noun : extra pay given an employee upon termination of employment se·vere adjective se·ver·er; -est 1 : marked by strictness or sternness : AUSTERE 2 : strict in discipline 3 : causing distress and esp. physical discomfort or pain <~ weather> 4 : hard to endure <~ trials>