Sentence examples for settlements meaning from inspiring English sources

"The Incas conquered territories of the Machiguenga and Piro and built roads, bridges and some fortified settlements, meaning it's possible that in Megantoni some Inca-type buildings and objects will be found," said Martti Parssinen, a Finnish archaeologist and historian who has researched Peru and the Incas for decades.

"Rapid urbanization and the growth of megacities, especially in the developing countries, have led to the emergence of highly vulnerable urban communities, particularly through informal settlements" — meaning slums — "and inadequate land management," the report said.

One common play technique focuses on roads and settlements (meaning you'll need lots of brick and wood in the beginning).

But lawyers who represent people who have already filed claims would receive their standard fees of up to 40percentt of any settlement, meaning those claimants would cost the fund more.

The opposite conclusion was reached by some other circuit courts, which cited state laws giving lawyers a lien on a settlement, meaning that their fees are not counted under the A.M.T. Judge McKay wrote, "Congress, not this court, must correct any shortcomings in the A.M.T.'s application".

And a synthetic CDO may be nothing more than an assemblage of naked credit default swaps for cash settlement, meaning the reference mortgage bonds need never be physically delivered when the beneficiary gets paid.

Our hypothesis here is that in a real world case the initial asset of a settlement should be proportional to the size of the settlement, meaning that everybody contributes to the total asset with the same amount.

Naylor said he was disappointed the rule did not set aside money from bonuses to pay for future legal settlements -- meaning employees, rather than shareholders, would be monetarily punished when a bank paid out funds to regulators.

Wesley and the team reached an injury settlement, meaning he will not revert to Jacksonville's injured reserve if he clears waivers..

Prime Minister Sharon of Israel talks of a whole new period of incremental security arrangements before a final peace settlement, meaning that true Palestinian statehood might have to wait 15 or 20 years.

Avars and Slavs had begun to settle there in the 6th 7th century, and a recognizable settlement (Starigrad, meaning "Old City") had developed on the right bank of the Rječina by the 10th century.