Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AD-VANCE'MENT, n.

1. The act of moving forward or proceeding.
2. The state of being advanced; preferment; promotion, in rank or excellence; the act of promoting.
3. Settlement on a wife, or jointure.
4. Provision made by a parent for a child by gift of property, during his, the parent's life, to which the child would be entitled as heir, after his parent's death. – R. M. Sherman.