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betterments

betterments is the plural of betterment.

Meaning of betterment

Noun

betterment (countable and uncountable, plural betterments)

  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. An improvement to a property that adds to its value.

Questions about betterments

What is betterments the plural of?
Betterments is the plural of betterment.

Words near betterments in the dictionary

  1. bettering
  2. bettering house
  3. betterings
  4. betterish
  5. betterment
  6. betterments
  7. bettermost
  8. bettern't
  9. betterness
  10. betternesses
  11. betters

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