Main entry: liquidation, settlement
Definition: termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
Main entry: settlement, colonisation, colonization
Definition: the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
Usage: the British colonization of America
Main entry: closure, settlement, resolution
Definition: something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
Usage: they finally reached a settlement with the union; they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences; he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure
Main entry: settlement
Definition: a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
Main entry: small town, settlement, village
Definition: a community of people smaller than a town
Main entry: settlement, colony
Definition: 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
Usage: the American colony in Paris
Main entry: settlement
Definition: an area where a group of families live together