improvements

noun

1. 1

   The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering

2. 2

   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.

3. 3

   The state of being improved; betterment; advance

4. 4

   Something which is improved

   “the new edition is an improvement on the old.”

5. 5

   Increase; growth; progress; advance.

6. 6

   (in plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.

7. 7

   (Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.