Noun: betterment be-tu(r)-munt
- A change for the better; progress in development
"The new training program led to a significant betterment in employee productivity";
- improvement, advance
- The act of relieving ills and changing for the better
"The new policies led to the betterment of working conditions";
- amelioration, melioration
- An improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility
"The renovations were a significant betterment to the old building"
Derived forms: betterments
Type of: improvement, melioration, shift, transformation, transmutation
Encyclopedia: Betterment