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Betterment

//ˈbɛtəmənt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An improvement or amelioration. countable, uncommon, uncountable

    "When BR "back-checked" (BR's term) the financial results of steam replacement across 49 schemes, where DMUs had been substituted on the London Midland Region, only one was now profitable. BR thinking on such substitutions referred to "betterment", not profit or loss."

  2. 2
    the act of relieving ills and changing for the better wordnet
  3. 3
    An improvement to a property that adds to its value. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a change for the better; progress in development wordnet
  5. 5
    an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility wordnet

Etymology

From better + -ment.

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