goodwill

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• Australian, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˌɡʊdˈwɪl/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˌɡɵdˈwɪl/
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˌɡʉdˈwɪl/
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• CMU ARPABET: G UH1 D W IH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English *goodwille, good wille, possibly from Old English *gōdwille (compare gōdwillende (“well-pleased”)). Compare also Scots guidwilly, guidwillie (“displaying goodwill”). By surface analysis, 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 the US-based chain Goodwill Industries.

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: до́брая во́ля (dóbraja vólja) — favorably disposed attitude
• Belarusian: добразы́члівасць (dobrazýčlivascʹ) — favorably disposed attitude
• Bulgarian: благоскло́нност (blagosklónnost) — favorably disposed attitude
• Bulgarian: добра́ во́ля (dobrá vólja) — favorably disposed attitude
• Chinese Mandarin: 善意 (shànyì) — favorably disposed attitude
• Chinese Mandarin: 好意 (hǎoyì) — favorably disposed attitude
• Czech: dobrá vůle — favorably disposed attitude
• Danish: velvilje — favorably disposed attitude
• Dutch: welwillendheid — favorably disposed attitude
• Dutch: goede wil — favorably disposed attitude
• Esperanto: bonvolo — favorably disposed attitude
• Finnish: hyväntahtoisuus — favorably disposed attitude
• Finnish: hyvä tahto — favorably disposed attitude
• French: bonne volonté — favorably disposed attitude
• French: bienveillance — favorably disposed attitude
• German: guter Wille — favorably disposed attitude
• Greek: καλή θέληση (thélisi) — favorably disposed attitude
• Greek: εύνοια (évnoia) — favorably disposed attitude
• Greek: ευμένεια (evméneia) — favorably disposed attitude
• Ancient Greek: εὔνοια (eúnoia) — favorably disposed attitude
• Hebrew: רָצוֹן טוֹב (ratsón tov) — favorably disposed attitude
• Hindi: सौहार्द (sauhārd) — favorably disposed attitude
• Hindi: सद्भाव (sadbhāv) — favorably disposed attitude
• Hindi: हितैषिता (hitaiṣitā) — favorably disposed attitude
• Hindi: हितेच्छा (hitecchā) — favorably disposed attitude
• Hungarian: jóakarat — favorably disposed attitude
• Hungarian: jóindulat — favorably disposed attitude
• Ido: bonvolo — favorably disposed attitude
• Interlingua: bon voler — favorably disposed attitude
• Irish: dea-mhéin — favorably disposed attitude
• Italian: buona volontà — favorably disposed attitude
• Japanese: 善意 (zen'i) — favorably disposed attitude
• Japanese: 親善 (shinzen) — favorably disposed attitude
• Korean: 선의 (seonui) — favorably disposed attitude
• Korean: 친선 (chinseon) — favorably disposed attitude
• Latin: bona voluntas — favorably disposed attitude
• Macedonian: добра волја (dobra volja) — favorably disposed attitude
• Māori: arohanui — favorably disposed attitude
• Norwegian Bokmål: velvilje — favorably disposed attitude
• Norwegian Bokmål: tillit — favorably disposed attitude
• Norwegian Nynorsk: velvilje — favorably disposed attitude
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tillit — favorably disposed attitude
• Polish: dobra wola — favorably disposed attitude
• Polish: życzliwość — favorably disposed attitude
• Polish: benewolencja — favorably disposed attitude
• Polish: łaskawość — favorably disposed attitude
• Polish: przychylność — favorably disposed attitude
• Portuguese: boa vontade — favorably disposed attitude
• Romanian: bunăvoință — favorably disposed attitude
• Russian: до́брая во́ля (dóbraja vólja) — favorably disposed attitude
• Russian: доброжела́тельность (dobroželátelʹnostʹ) — favorably disposed attitude
• Russian: благоволе́ние (blagovolénije) — favorably disposed attitude
• Russian: благожела́тельность (blagoželátelʹnostʹ) — favorably disposed attitude
• Russian: благоскло́нность (blagosklónnostʹ) — favorably disposed attitude
• Scots: guidwill — favorably disposed attitude
• Scottish Gaelic: gean-math — favorably disposed attitude
• Serbo-Croatian: добра воља — favorably disposed attitude
• Serbo-Croatian: dobra volja — favorably disposed attitude
• Slovak: dobrá vôľa — favorably disposed attitude
• Slovene: dobra volja — favorably disposed attitude
• Spanish: buena voluntad — favorably disposed attitude
• Spanish: bienquerencia — favorably disposed attitude
• Spanish: bienquerer — favorably disposed attitude
• Swedish: välvilja — favorably disposed attitude
• Tagalog: mabuting kalooban — favorably disposed attitude
• Ukrainian: до́бра во́ля (dóbra vólja) — favorably disposed attitude
• Ukrainian: добрози́чливість (dobrozýčlyvistʹ) — favorably disposed attitude
• Ukrainian: доброзичли́вість (dobrozyčlývistʹ) — favorably disposed attitude
• Chinese Mandarin: 商譽 /商誉 (shāngyù) — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• Dutch: goodwill — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• Dutch: goedwil — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• Finnish: liikearvo — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• Finnish: goodwill — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• French: achalandage — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• French: cote d'estime — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• German: ideeller Unternehmenswert — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• Greek: αέρας (aéras) — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• Irish: cáilmheas — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• Irish: dea-thoil — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• Japanese: 暖簾 (noren) — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• Korean: 영업권 (yeong'eopgwon) — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• Norwegian Bokmål: goodwill — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• Norwegian Nynorsk: goodwill — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• Polish: renoma — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• Russian: делова́я репута́ция (delovája reputácija) — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• Swedish: goodwill — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• Swedish: affärsvärde — accounting: the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities
• Chinese Mandarin: 商譽 /商誉 (shāngyù) — business: ability of an individual or business to exert influence within a community, club, market or another type of group
• Finnish: vaikutusvalta — business: ability of an individual or business to exert influence within a community, club, market or another type of group
• French: survaleur — business: ability of an individual or business to exert influence within a community, club, market or another type of group
• French: écart d'acquisition — business: ability of an individual or business to exert influence within a community, club, market or another type of group
• Hungarian: befolyásolási képesség — business: ability of an individual or business to exert influence within a community, club, market or another type of group
• Irish: cáilmheas — business: ability of an individual or business to exert influence within a community, club, market or another type of group
• Polish: renoma — business: ability of an individual or business to exert influence within a community, club, market or another type of group