Settlement
nounid
4136·updated May 9, 2026verified
The final step in the transfer of ownership involving the physical exchange of securities or payment. In a banking transaction, settlement is the process of recording the debit and credit positions of the parties involved in a transfer of funds. In a financial instrument transaction, settlement includes both the transfer of securities by the seller and the payment by the buyer. Settlements can be "gross" or "net." Gross settlement means each transaction is settled individually. Net settlement means parties exchanging payments will offset mutual obligations to deliver identical items (e.g., dollars or EUROS), at a specified time, after which only one net amount of each item is exchanged.
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Process72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
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Information Class
—50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Variants
- synonym
- colonyliquidationresolutionsmall townvillage
- plural
- Settlements
- possessive
- Settlement's
- pluralpossessive
- Settlements'
Framework definitions
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
- §1
- The final step in the transfer of ownership involving the physical exchange of securities or payment. In a banking transaction, settlement is the process of recording the debit and credit positions of the parties involved in a transfer of funds. In a financial instrument transaction, settlement includes both the transfer of securities by the seller and the payment by the buyer. Settlements can be "gross" or "net." Gross settlement means each transaction is settled individually. Net settlement means parties exchanging payments will offset mutual obligations to deliver identical items (e.g., dollars or EUROS), at a specified time, after which only one net amount of each item is exchanged.
- §1
- termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
- §2
- the act of colonizing
- §3
- something settled or resolved
- §4
- a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
- §5
- a community of people smaller than a town
- §6
- a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland
- §7
- an area where a group of families live together
Outgoing relationships
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Incoming relationships
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