goodwill
Meaning
- A favorably disposed attitude toward someone or something.
- The value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities, deriving from factors such as consumer loyalty to the brand.
- A concept used to refer to the ability of an individual or business to exert influence within a community, club, market or another type of group, without having to resort to the use of an asset (such as money or property), either directly or by the creation of a lien.
- A thrift shop.
Synonyms
good intention
benignance
good wishes
Christian love of fellow men
friendly relations
good terms
friendly relation
virtuous intention
credit standing
credit worthiness
Frequency
Hyphenated as
good‧will
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡʊdˈwɪl/
Etymology
From Middle English *goodwille, good wille (“goodwill”), perhaps from Old English *gōdwille (“goodwill”); compare Old English gōdwillende (“well-pleased”); also Scots guidwilly, guidwillie (“displaying goodwill”), equivalent to good + will. Cognate with Scots guidwill (“goodwill”), Middle Low German gūtwille (“goodwill”), Old High German guotwilligi (“goodwill”), Old Danish godvilje (“goodwill”), Icelandic góðvilji, góðvili (“goodwill”), Icelandic góðvild (“goodness”). The sense "thrift shop" is a genericized trademark of a US chain of such shops.
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