Betterment
['betəm(ə)nt] or ['bɛtɚmənt]
Definition
(noun.) an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility.
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Definition
(n.) A making better; amendment; improvement.
(n.) An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural.
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Examples
- One of his earlier works and his latest are bold and penetrating discussions of the possible betterment of social relations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We know enough to-day to know that there is infinite room for betterment in every human concern. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The use of electricity is so common today that the average person does not stop to think of it as a magical power wielding a tremendous influence for betterment in every-day affairs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He would frequently change words, always to the betterment of the speech. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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