The betterments he called his, were not his; and in purchasing them, you purchased what he did not own.
The betterments came cheap, and they will go as cheap.
That gives a right to cut and clear, and when a clearin's begun, it's betterments, and everybody allows that bettermentsmay be both bought and sold.
I'll take the lumber, agreein' not to cut another tree, and the valie of the betterments can be left out to men.
Tinkum hired him to run a line between some betterments we had bought, and some that had been bought by a neighbor of our'n.
The third direction of cooperation has been to maintain and even extend construction work and betterments in anticipation of the future.
In the report of the Postmaster-General some very gratifying results are exhibited and many betterments of the service suggested.
You have two checks against this, one through the efficiency of your construction assistant and the other through the division accounting bureau, which should handle additions and betterments as separate accounts.
Gin the farm is worth more, it is me who has made it and I crave your lordship to either give me another tack at the same rent or pay me what my betterments are worth.
The owner leaves on account of sickness and sold the lot with its betterments and growing crop for $600.
An investigation of non-physical values should then include an analysis of operating expenses, to determine that additions and betterments to property are not included therein.
The amount of the betterments and extensions have already been found for each year of the property's existence, and an average of them is taken as the amount the company will spend on extensions, etc.
While Professor Adams' formula establishes a larger net surplus for capitalization than the method suggested by the speaker, he in effect destroys this net surplus by charging against it all betterments chargeable to income.
The question of extensions and betterments to the original plant must now be taken into consideration.
The work of building up, by securing the amount of additions and betterments that have been made from year to year, is one of appalling magnitude and of utter uncertainty and conjecture.
The Commission has decided that in its opinion the "present value" of any of the railroads already appraised is represented by the original valuation plus the value of all permanent improvements and betterments added.
So, Jotham, I am told you have sold your betterments to a new settler, and have moved into the village and opened a school.
I hear that Jotham Riddel and the man who bought his betterments have agreed to leave their difference to men, and I don’t think there’ll be more than two civil cases in the calendar.
I call that good venison, lad: and I know them that will relish the creatur’s steaks for all the betterments in the land.
You are to have the patronage: we are to pay for all actual betterments for which vouchers can be shown at the close of the deal.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "betterments" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
