settle implies a decision reached by someone with power to end all dispute or uncertainty.

SETTLE definition: 1. to reach a decision or an agreement about something, or to end a disagreement: 2. to arrange…. Learn more.

If people settle a legal dispute or if they settle, they agree to end the dispute without going to a court of law, for example by paying some money or by apologizing.

To move downward; sink or descend, especially gradually: Darkness settled over the fields.

to fix, decide on, or resolve: [~ + object] The matter is settled; we'll buy the house. [no object] We'll settle with him later, after we draft this agreement.See settle on below.

SETTLE definition: to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions). See examples of settle used in a sentence.

Some common synonyms of settle are decide, determine, resolve, and rule. While all these words mean "to come or cause to come to a conclusion," settle implies a decision reached by …

SETTLE meaning: 1. If you settle an argument, you stop the problem and stop arguing. 2. to start living somewhere…. Learn more.

SETTLEMENT definition: the act or state of settling or the state of being settled. See examples of settlement used in a sentence.

settle verb (PAY) If you settle a bill or a debt, you pay the money that you owe: