Straits Settlements

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noun (used with a singular or plural verb)

a former British crown colony in SE Asia: included the settlements of Singapore, Penang, Malacca, and Labuan.

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How to use Straits Settlements in a sentence

The families of suicide victims often sue and can win large settlements.
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The Chicago Archdiocese has paid more than $130 million in abuse-victim settlements.
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Settlements for those affected by the explosion were being slowly, but surely doled out.
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Most confessed; all were later cleared, and offered large settlements and public apologies by the government.
The Myth of the Central Park Five|Edward Conlon|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Modi speaks of human settlements with the “heart of a village” and developing “the facilities of the city.”
Welcome to the Billion-Man Slum|Joel Kotkin|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Father had been in sore straits of mind, as month after month had passed without tidings of his "blessed child."
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
A very few weeks flew over the head of the needy man, before he was reduced to the same pitiable straits.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
However, in the visit that I shall make in this archbishopric, I shall try to reduce them to as few settlements as possible.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
The Admiralty have turned down the proposal to force the Straits simultaneously by land and sea.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
How will he feel now he realizes he is shorn of his direct power to help us through these dark and dreadful Straits?
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for Straits Settlements

Straits Settlements

/ (streɪts) /

pl n

(formerly) a British crown colony of SE Asia that included Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Labuan, and some smaller islands

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