Look up: betterment

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   Betterment
   Betterment is a term used to mean an increase in the value of property arising not from any improvement effected on it by the owner, but from the increase of population, general improvements carried out at the public expense or similar causes.
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   betterment
   [n] - an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility
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   Betterment
   the amount by which the value of land is increased by development or by the grant of planning permission, or because of the development of neighbouring land.
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   betterment
   a contribution from beneficiaries in kind or cash,constituting a portion of unearned income due to benefits that accrue to land,in an area on which the government has invested or proposes to invest for development of irrigation,flood protection or drainage scheme for purpose of reclamation Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs
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   Betterment
   Bet'ter·ment noun 1. A making better; amendment; improvement. W. Montagu. 2. (Law) An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. [ U. S.] Bouvier.
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   betterment
   noun an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility
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   Betterment
   `Betterment`, making better, is a general term used particularly in connection with the increased value given to real property by causes for which a tenant or the public, but not the owner, is responsible; it is thus of the nature of unearned increment. When, for instance, some public improvement results in raising the value of a piece of private land, and the owner is thereby bettered through no merit of his own, he gains by the betterment, and ...
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   Betterment
   • (n.) An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. • (n.) A making better; amendment; improvement.
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   betterment
   
   1. a change for the better; progress in development
   2. an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility
   3. the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
   
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