Definition of "improvements" []

• Plural form of improvement. (noun)

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• ""Doesn't Clement get things given him?" said I. "Oh, he has plenty of plants," said Eleanor, "but then he's always making great plans about his garden; and the first step toward his improvements is always to clear out all the old things, and make what he calls 'a clean sweep of the rubbish. '""
• "He has made what he calls improvements, he claims a quasi-ownership in the land, and has the characteristic Celtic attachment for the patch of ground forming his holding, however squalid it may be, however inadequate for his support."
• ""For my part, I hope that what he calls improvements will not follow the direction of the changes which have been made in some parishes," observed General Caulfield."