Hypertext Webster Gateway: "furtherance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Furtherance \Fur"ther*ance\, n.
The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion;
advancement; progress.
I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for
your furthersnce and joy of faith. --Phil. i. 25.
Built of furtherance and pursuing, Not of spent deeds,
but of doing. --Emerson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
furtherance
n 1: encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of
something [syn: {promotion}, {advancement}]
2: the advancement of some enterprise; "his experience in
marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career" [syn:
{forwarding}, {promotion}]
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