The phrase "a partial settlement" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to legal agreements, negotiations, or financial discussions where an agreement has been reached but is not complete.
Example: "After several rounds of negotiations, the parties agreed to a partial settlement, allowing them to resolve some issues while leaving others for future discussion."
Alternatives: "a provisional agreement" or "an incomplete resolution".
Mr. Shtayyeh said a partial settlement freeze is a nonstarter.
Last May, Columbia agreed to pay $745m as a partial settlement.
Mr. Silverstein has agreed to a partial settlement of the complaint, the commission said.
While the agency has reached a partial settlement with Putnam, its investigation is continuing.
His announcement of a partial settlement freeze has already shaken some of his support.
Without admitting or denying guilt, Mr. DiPascali has agreed to a partial settlement with the commission.
The Palestinians eventually agreed to take part after Israel last year announced a temporary, partial settlement freeze on the West Bank and then gave private commitments to US officials that major settlement building in east Jerusalem would also be halted.
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of Federal District Court in Manhattan gave final approval to a $50 million partial settlement by Banca Nazionale del Lavoro of Italy and units of the Credit Suisse Group in an investor lawsuit over the collapse of the Italian dairy company Parmalat in 2003.
Blaine LeCesne, a law professor at Loyola University New Orleans, said payments could flow faster, and it would be costly to proceed with a trial only to have it interrupted by a settlement or partial settlement later.
Symbol has already agreed to pay $37 million into a fund to compensate investors in partial settlement of a Justice Department investigation into its accounting practices.
The idea would be that the exchange might help Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to sell an extension of the partial settlement freeze on the West Bank to his rightist ministers, the radio said.
