The parties have not been able to reach/negotiate a 'settlement' in the case.
We were hoping for a quick 'settlement' of the dispute between the neighbors.
a 'settlement' of two million dollars = a two-million-dollar 'settlement'
(..) And you're just a good citizen helping out, right? I just know where the human will go. Find the pass. Everybody knows they have a settlement on the other side. Unless you know how to track, you never gonna reach them before their pass closed up with snow. Which should be like, tomorrow. (..)2002 Ice Age