Answer:

settling

Answer	Crossword Clue
SETTLING	Paying the bill, with "up"
SETTLING	Resolving, as an argument
SETTLING	Moving, or ceasing movement

SETTLING	Occurrence during shipping
SETTLING	Composing.
SETTLING	Making one's home.
SETTLING	Solving.
SETTLING	Colonizing.
SETTLING	Subsidence.
SETTLING	Paying up
SETTLING	No longer rash

SETTLING	Getting to the bottom of things?
SETTLING	Alternative to going to court
SETTLING	Accepting that one can't do better