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  • 21improvement — A change for the better. Anything that enhances the value of real property permanently for general uses, including buildings, fixtures, fences, wells, orchards, etc., including additions to existing buildings. 27 Am J1st Improv § 2; 36 Am J1st… …

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  • 22Improvement Era — The Improvement Era (often shortened to The Era ) was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints (LDS Church) between 1897 and 1970.The Improvement Era was first published in 1897 as a replacement to The Contributor …

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  • 23improvement */*/*/ — UK [ɪmˈpruːvmənt] / US [ɪmˈpruvmənt] noun Word forms improvement : singular improvement plural improvements 1) [countable/uncountable] the state of being better than before, or the process of making something better than it was before The school… …

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  • 24Improvement and Development Agency — The Improvement and Development Agency for local government (I DeA or IDeA for short) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Local Government Association (LGA). It was formed in 1998 to work in partnership with all councils in England and Wales, to… …

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  • 25improvement — im|prove|ment [ ım pruvmənt ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the state of being better than before, or the process of making something better than it was before: The school is performing well, but we recognize the need for further improvement.… …

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  • 26Improvement commissioners — Boards of improvement commissioners were ad hoc boards created during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in the United Kingdom. They were an early form of local government. The first Improvement Commission was the Manchester Police… …

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  • 27improvement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Making better Nouns 1. improvement, uplift; melioration, amelioration, betterment, uptick; mend, amendment, emendation; advancement, advance, development, progress, telesis, quantum jump or leap,… …

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  • 28improvement district — A drainage district, sewer district, or other area organized for the construction and maintenance of a public improvement. An area or district within which property is specially benefited by a local public improvement with the consequence that a… …

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  • 29improvement —    1. obsolete Scottish    forcible depopulation    The Scottish Highland Clearances replaced people by sheep in the glens to increase income for the lairds and chiefs:     The necessity for reducing the population in order to introduce valuable… …

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  • 30For the better — Better Bet ter, n. 1. Advantage, superiority, or victory; usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy. [1913 Webster] 2. One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; usually in the plural. [1913… …

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