financial settlements

Agreed compensation payments

Financial settlements are agreements resolving monetary disputes, typically ending litigation or negotiation.

A divorce settlement divides assets between spouses.

An insurance settlement compensates for claims.

A legal settlement ends a lawsuit, often with one party paying another to avoid trial: The company agreed to a $50 million settlement.

To settle is to reach such an agreement.

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foreign exchange · netting · escrow · invoice · damages · child support · restitution · receipt · mediation · reconciliation · hush money · final offer · compensation · debt consolidation · transfer · lawsuit · out of court · balance of payments

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dispute resolution method

financial settlementscourt verdicts

Official trial decisions

trial verdicts · judicial rulings · jury verdicts · court judgments · court rulings

case outcome type

financial settlementsimpasse

Situation without resolution

stalemate

financial transaction nature

financial settlementscommercial transactions

Exchanges involving payment

earned income · investment returns · sales revenue

Family

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