settlement offer

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settlement offer UK US noun [C] LAW
an offer of money or property by one of the people or organizations involved in a legal argument in an attempt to end the argument without having to go to court: »

If the policyholder is dissatisfied with the settlement offer, he or she can take the claim to arbitration.


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