Meanings
nounsettlement agreement (plural settlement agreements)
plural settlement agreements
- lawA contractual agreement between parties to actual or potential litigation by which each party agrees to a resolution of the underlying dispute.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans skikking
- skikkingagreement
Chinese Mandarin 調解書 /调解书
- 調解書 /调解书 (tiáojiěshū)agreement
Dutch schikking, transactie
- schikkingagreement
- transactieagreement
Finnish sovintosopimus
- sovintosopimusagreement
French transaction, compromis extrajudiciaire
- transactionagreement
- compromis extrajudiciaireagreement
German Vergleich, Prozessvergleich
- Vergleichagreement
- Prozessvergleichagreement
Italian transazione
- transazioneagreement
Norwegian forlik, forliksavtale
- forlikagreement
- forliksavtaleagreement
Polish ugoda
- ugodaagreement
Russian мирово́е соглаше́ние, мирова́я сде́лка
- мирово́е соглаше́ние (mirovóje soglašénije)agreement
- мирова́я сде́лка (mirovája sdélka)agreement
Spanish avenencia, transacción
- avenenciaagreement
- transacciónagreement
Swedish förlikning
- förlikningagreement
Cite this entry
APA
settlement agreement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/settlement%20agreement
MLA
“settlement agreement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/settlement%20agreement. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “settlement agreement,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/settlement%20agreement.
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