• It is logical to balance the compensation paid to aggrieved owners by collecting a betterment charge on owners who benefit from new developments.
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Governor O'Malley yesterday described the betterment of Maryland's infrastructure as an investment for future generations.
For example, fixing a garage door would not be betterment, but adding an automatic garage-door opener to the garage would be, because the new door will add value to the home.
An example of betterment in business would be replacing an outdated piece of equipment with a new piece that increases a manufacturing facility's production capacity. In this case, the overall asset's value (the manufacturing facility) is greater than its value would have been had it kept the old equipment.
betterment of land - сельскохозяйственная мелиорация;
betterment of land - с.-х. мелиорация
1. улучшение, совершенствование; исправление
~ of land - с.-х. мелиорация
2. юр. увеличение состояния
3. тех. модернизация
Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык.С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова.1995.
2) повышение ценности собственности (находящейся в частных руках) за счёт расходования средств государством
• Edification
• Something that improves the value of property
• A change for the better
• Progress in development
• An improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility
• The act of relieving ills and changing for the better
видатки на збільшення вартості власності
- betterment levy