Self-advancement


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.
self-advancement
noun
1.
the act or process of improving one’s position, education, etc
noun
1.
promotion in rank, status, etc; preferment
2.
a less common word for advance (sense 10), advance (sense 11)
3.
(property law) the use during a testator’s lifetime of money or property for the benefit of a child or other person who is a prospective beneficiary in the testator’s will

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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