Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

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}]