Colony (10)
I believe the answer is:
settlement
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">colony</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that colony can be written as settlement)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for settlement that I've seen before include "charge paid off with this" , "Hamlet - conclusion" , "deal" , "Official agreement" , "Reservation" .)