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settlement agreement

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A contractual agreement between parties to actual or potential litigation by which each party agrees to a resolution of the underlying dispute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

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History

Etymology

From settlement + agreement.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: skikking — agreement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 調解書 /调解书 (tiáojiěshū) — agreement
  • Dutch: schikking — agreement
  • Dutch: transactie — agreement
  • Finnish: sovintosopimus — agreement
  • French: transaction — agreement
  • French: compromis extrajudiciaire — agreement
  • German: Vergleich — agreement
  • German: Prozessvergleich — agreement
  • Italian: transazione — agreement
  • Norwegian: forlik — agreement
  • Norwegian: forliksavtale — agreement
  • Polish: ugoda — agreement
  • Russian: мирово́е соглаше́ние (mirovóje soglašénije) — agreement
  • Russian: мирова́я сде́лка (mirovája sdélka) — agreement
  • Serbo-Croatian: nagodba — agreement
  • Spanish: avenencia — agreement
  • Spanish: transacción — agreement
  • Swedish: förlikning — agreement