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Betterment

Noun CEFR B2
ˈbɛtəmənt

Definitions

  1. An improvement or amelioration.
    countable, uncommon, uncountable
  2. An improvement to a property that adds to its value.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolmejora
FrançaisAmélioration
Italianomiglioramento
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Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Betterments betterness Betters bettership Betterton bettertonite

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