betterment
nounUK /ˈbɛtəmənt/ · US /ˈbɛtɚmənt/
Etymology From better + -ment.
1
Uncommon An improvement or amelioration.
- 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.2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43:
2
Law An improvement to a property that adds to its value.
- Derived terms
- self-betterment