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advancement - 6 dictionary results

ad⋅vance⋅ment

[ad-vans-muhnt, -vahns-]
–noun
1. an act of moving forward.
2. promotion in rank or standing; preferment: She had high hopes for advancement in the company.
3. Law. money or property given by one person during his or her lifetime to another that is considered an anticipation of an inheritance and is therefore to be deducted from any share that the recipient may have in a donor's estate.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME avauncement < AF, OF avancement. See advance, -ment
ad·vance·ment   (ād-vāns'mənt)   
n.  
  1. A forward step; an improvement.
  2. Development; progress: the advancement of knowledge.
  3. A promotion, as in rank.
  4. The act of moving forward. See Usage Note at advance.

Advancement

Ad*vance"ment\ ([a^]d*v[.a]ns"ment), n. [OE. avancement, F. avancement. See Advance, v. t.]

1. The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning.

In heaven . . . every one (so well they love each other) rejoiceth and hath his part in each other's advancement. --Sir T. More.

True religion . . . proposes for its end the joint advancement of the virtue and happiness of the people. --Horsley.

2. An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5.

3. (Law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.

4. Settlement on a wife, or jointure. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Main Entry: ad·vance·ment
Function: noun
: something given in advance; specifically : money or property given as a gift by a living person (as by a parent to a child) with the intention that the amount the recipient inherits under the law from the person's estate will be reduced proportionately —compare ADEMPTION
NOTE: Advancements apply only when the person making the gift dies without a will. The Uniform Probate Code requires written evidence that the gift was intended to be an advancement. A person who gives a gift that is not intended as an advancement cannot later change it to an advancement. A gift given as an advancement can, however, be changed into an outright gift.

Main Entry: ad·vance·ment
Pronunciation: &d-'van(t)-sm&nt
Function: noun
: detachment of a muscle or tendon from its insertion andreattachment (as in the surgical correction of strabismus) at a more advanced point from its insertion advancement>

advancement ad·vance·ment (ād-vāns'mənt)
n.
A surgical procedure in which a tendinous insertion or a skin flap is severed from its attachment and is sutured to a further point on the body.

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