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enhancement|ɛnˈhɑːnsmənt, -ˈhæns-|
[f. enhance v. + -ment.]
The action or process of enhancing; the fact of being enhanced. (See senses of the vb.)
1577in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford 388 Wthowt any further inhansemt or raysing of rents. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 261 If Venus deserved her enhansement..why then is Minerva famous? 1622Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 323 The said Lyon Doller (albeit decreed after the former enhancement) is still valued at fortie stiuers. 1674Govt. Tongue (T.), Jocular slanders have, from the slightness of the temptation, an enhancement of guilt. 1710Lond. Gaz. No. 4686/3 To..enquire of the Reason of the Dearness and Inhauncement of the Price of such Book. 1787Bentham Def. Usury, A few per cent. enhancement upon the price of goods is a matter that may easily enough pass unheeded. 1875Gladstone Glean. VI. xxxvi. 128 Augmentation of ritual..without any corresponding enhancement of devotion.
attrib.188319th Cent. Sept. 430 After having obtained an enhancement decree. |