Increase; growth; progress; advance.
The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
Something which is improved
Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
The state of being improved; betterment; advance
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.
An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, blow (an adverse event which retards or prevents progress towards a desired outcome)
A step-like recession in a wall.
The required distance between a structure and a road.