The phrase "a settlement to avoid" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing the intention to prevent a settlement or agreement, often in legal or negotiation scenarios.
Example: "The parties involved are seeking a resolution, but they are also considering a settlement to avoid lengthy litigation."
Alternatives: "an agreement to evade" or "a resolution to prevent".
The department tries to negotiate a settlement to avoid litigation and small claims court, said Elaine M. Price, its director.
Presumably Mr. Smith's team agreed to a settlement to avoid disrupting his meteoric rise with a messy public lawsuit.
The company is reportedly negotiating with the US Justice Department to reach a settlement to avoid criminal charges for shredding the documents.
Talks between the company and the US Justice Department this week aimed at reaching a settlement to avoid criminal charges for shredding the documents have reportedly collapsed.
The proposed settlement includes the governing body's denial of wrongdoing, but the N.C.A.A. also acknowledged it sought a settlement to avoid additional expenses and distraction from litigation.
The unveiling of the charges Thursday came even as Mr. Rangel's lawyers suggested they were trying to reach a settlement to avoid such a fate for Mr. Rangel, 80, a Harlem Democrat.
It paid out three liability claims, doubled down in court on its interpretation of the evidence that was behind those payouts, lost in court, was roundly mocked online, will pay the underinsured motorist claim to the Fishers after all and is now also paying them a separate settlement to avoid a hearing before the state insurance commissioner.
Chances for a political settlement to avoid an all-out war were greatly reduced.
Andrew J. Levander, Mr. Boyle's lawyer, put a markedly different cast on yesterday's events, calling the deal "a nominal settlement to avoid the time and cost of further litigation".
More than a year after the State Ethics Commission began looking into three dozen pension fund investments made by Connecticut's corrupt former treasurer, a Dallas-based investment firm today became the first to agree to pay a cash settlement to avoid further scrutiny.
Former Dale Farm resident Kathleen McCarthy, who campaigned relentlessly for a peaceful settlement to avoid the council's costly £11m eviction said: "If only they could have approved a few sites like this last year, then there would have been no need to put us out of our homes and on to the roadside.
