1) Improvement 1) Promotion 2) The act of making accusations 3) The act of preferring 4) The state of being preferred 
• (n.) A position or office of honor or profit; as, the preferments of the church. • (n.) The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference. • (n.) The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion.
Advancing to a higher rank; another term for promotion.
Advancing to a higher rank; another term for promotion.
Pre·fer'ment noun 1. The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference. [ R.] « Natural preferment of the one . . . before the other.» Sir T. Browne. 2. The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promo...
[n] - the act of making accusations 2. [n] - the act of preferring
noun the act of preferring; `the preferment went to the younger candidate`
the act of preferring. · the state of being preferred. · advancement or promotion, esp. in the church. · a position or office affording social or pecuniary advancement.
the act of preferring