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advancement

advancement is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5.
  2. 2.(Law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
  3. 3.Settlement on a wife, or jointure. [Obs.] Bacon.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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