Associations to the word «Betterment»

Wiktionary

BETTERMENT, noun. An improvement.
BETTERMENT, noun. (legal) An improvement to a property that adds to its value.

Dictionary definition

BETTERMENT, noun. A change for the better; progress in development.
BETTERMENT, noun. An improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility.
BETTERMENT, noun. The act of relieving ills and changing for the better.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky