English-Thai Dictionary

betterment

N การปรับปรุง  การ ทำให้ ดีขึ้น  improvement kan-prab-prung

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BETTERMENT

BETTERMENT Bet "ter *ment, n.

 

1. A making better; amendment; improvement. W. Montagu.

 

2. (Law )

 

Defn: An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. [U. S.] Bouvier.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

betterment

bet ter ment |ˈbetərmənt ˈbɛdərmənt | ▶noun the act or process of improving something: they believed that what they were doing was vital for the betterment of society | [ as modifier ] : working at betterment projects throughout the city. • the enhanced value of real property arising from local improvements: [ as modifier ] : a betterment charge.

 

Oxford Dictionary

betterment

bet ¦ter |ment |ˈbɛtəm (ə )nt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the improvement of something: they believed that what they were doing was vital for the betterment of society. • Law the enhanced value of real property arising from local improvements.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

betterment

betterment noun sometimes, you have to make sacrifices for the betterment of the entire group: improvement, amelioration, advancement, change for the better, furtherance, upgrading, enhancement; reform, rectification.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

betterment

betterment noun the betterment of society as a whole: improvement, amelioration, advancement, change for the better, furtherance, upgrading, enhancement; reform, rectification.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

betterment

b é t ter ment 名詞 1 U ｟かたく ｠〖単数形で 〗(地域社会 人の社会的 経済的 )向上, 改善 .2 〖通例 ～s 〗〘法 〙(地域環境の改善に伴う不動産の )値上がり .