home improvementn.

Brit.

/ˌhəʊm ɪmˈpruːvm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˌhoʊm ᵻmˈpruvm(ə)nt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home adj., improvement n.; home n.¹, improvement n.

Etymology: Partly < home adj. + improvement n., and partly < home n.¹ + improvement n.

1. The improvement of one's home country, esp. as opposed to the development of colonies; an instance of this. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1701 W. Paterson Proposals Council of Trade 103 Every peny gained by the Fishings, may be at least as good as three gained by any other Home Improvement.

1810 Monthly Rev. Aug. 351 Preferring the solid strength of home-improvement to the fallacious splendor of colonization, he expresses a willingness to pay his share of twenty or thirty millions of public money.

1899 Literary Digest 25 Feb. 214/1 If there are to be large appropriations for home improvements, if needed public buildings are to be erected, if harbors are to be improved and waterways deepened, they must wait to see if anything is left after the obligations which the expansion policy has entailed upon us are met.

1904 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 36 686 The loss of her [sc. Spain's] colonies induced her to attend to home improvement and study her colonial and international relations.

2. An alteration made to improve the appearance or value of one's home or estate; the action or practice of making such alterations.

ΚΠ

1795 P. Yorke Tracts of Powys 4 It is yet distinguishable in Welsh lands, and, still intermixing them, may sometimes interfere with a compact demesne, and the pleasures and space of modern gardening, and home improvements.

1855 Ladies' Repository Sept. 86/1 They say ‘I was born for a carpenter’, alluding (complimentary, of course) to my propensity for home improvements.

1886 Railway Conductors' Monthly Jan. 16 She even takes charge of all home improvements, and pays the painter, the boss stone mason, the decorator, the carpenter, and so on.

1890 Manifesto Oct. 234/1 Home improvements for the season have been the erecting of a carriage-house and wagon-shed.

1915 Trans. Mass. Hort. Soc. i. 37 If anyone should ask me what I considered the most needed landscape development in Massachusetts..I would say home improvement.

1937 Amer. Home Apr. 72/2 ‘101 Practical Suggestions for Home Improvements’..tells how to re-roof for the last time with J-M asbestos shingles.

1991 J. O'Connor Cowboys & Indians (1992) 181 Since the mortgage rate went up nobody wanted to shell out on home improvement.

2004 Independent (Compact ed.) 28 Jan. (Property section) 13/2 Not everyone is a second-homer—one in four re-mortgages is used for home improvements.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	home improvement
释义	home improvementn. Brit. /ˌhəʊm ɪmˈpruːvm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌhoʊm ᵻmˈpruvm(ə)nt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home adj., improvement n.; home n.¹, improvement n. Etymology: Partly < home adj. + improvement n., and partly < home n.¹ + improvement n. 1. The improvement of one's home country, esp. as opposed to the development of colonies; an instance of this. Now rare. ΚΠ 1701 W. Paterson Proposals Council of Trade 103 Every peny gained by the Fishings, may be at least as good as three gained by any other Home Improvement. 1810 Monthly Rev. Aug. 351 Preferring the solid strength of home-improvement to the fallacious splendor of colonization, he expresses a willingness to pay his share of twenty or thirty millions of public money. 1899 Literary Digest 25 Feb. 214/1 If there are to be large appropriations for home improvements, if needed public buildings are to be erected, if harbors are to be improved and waterways deepened, they must wait to see if anything is left after the obligations which the expansion policy has entailed upon us are met. 1904 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 36 686 The loss of her [sc. Spain's] colonies induced her to attend to home improvement and study her colonial and international relations. 2. An alteration made to improve the appearance or value of one's home or estate; the action or practice of making such alterations. ΚΠ 1795 P. Yorke Tracts of Powys 4 It is yet distinguishable in Welsh lands, and, still intermixing them, may sometimes interfere with a compact demesne, and the pleasures and space of modern gardening, and home improvements. 1855 Ladies' Repository Sept. 86/1 They say ‘I was born for a carpenter’, alluding (complimentary, of course) to my propensity for home improvements. 1886 Railway Conductors' Monthly Jan. 16 She even takes charge of all home improvements, and pays the painter, the boss stone mason, the decorator, the carpenter, and so on. 1890 Manifesto Oct. 234/1 Home improvements for the season have been the erecting of a carriage-house and wagon-shed. 1915 Trans. Mass. Hort. Soc. i. 37 If anyone should ask me what I considered the most needed landscape development in Massachusetts..I would say home improvement. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 72/2 ‘101 Practical Suggestions for Home Improvements’..tells how to re-roof for the last time with J-M asbestos shingles. 1991 J. O'Connor Cowboys & Indians (1992) 181 Since the mortgage rate went up nobody wanted to shell out on home improvement. 2004 Independent (Compact ed.) 28 Jan. (Property section) 13/2 Not everyone is a second-homer—one in four re-mortgages is used for home improvements. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1701
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