Making loss paid in settlement (8)
I believe the answer is:
disposal
'settlement' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'making loss paid' is the wordplay.
'making' is an anagram indicator.
'loss'+'paid'='losspaid'
'losspaid' with letters rearranged gives 'DISPOSAL'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for disposal that I've seen before include "Out of control," , "Availability for use" , "Scrapping" , "Deployment - management" , "Sale (of assets)" .)