betterment

[bet-er-muhnt]

noun

1. the act or process of bettering; better; improvement.

2. an improvement of property other than by mere repairs.

betterment

/ ˈbɛtəmənt /

noun

1. a change for the better; improvement

2. property law an improvement effected on real property that enhances the value of the property

Other Word Forms

• self-betterment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of betterment¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; better ¹ + -ment

Example Sentences

There was an overpowering quest for spiritual betterment, along with a demand for permission to pursue your passion and an insistence on unfettered expression.

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Gurpreet Singh says the club will be undergoing "a lot of changes" that will be to its "betterment", and implores fans to trust the decisions the group is making.

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"It's very complicated. We're going to get some back, we're going to get some switched. There will be some swapping of territories, to the betterment of both."

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"But we want some share of that profit to be passed on to artisans for their betterment."

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Where all the different elements of cricket should be able to rub along together for the betterment of each other, we have somehow landed in a civil war, almost exclusively fuelled by the game's administrators.

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