goodwill

goodwill

See also: Goodwill

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊdˈwɪl/

Noun

goodwill (usually uncountable, plural goodwills)

1. A favorably disposed attitude toward someone or something.
   • 20 January 2017, Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech

     We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world — but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first.

   • 2022 November 16, Graham Eccles, “The Rest Day Working saga...”, in RAIL, number 970, page 32:

     The downside of this cost-saving strategy was that the train service could only be covered by goodwill. Whenever there was a spat between ASLEF and management - regardless of cause - the withdrawal of this goodwill became a stick with which unions could beat management.

2. (accounting) The value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities. This value derives from factors such as consumer loyalty to the brand.
3. (business) 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.

Antonyms

• ill will

Translations

favorably disposed attitude

Belarusian: до́брая во́ля f (dóbraja vólja), добразы́члівасць f (dobrazýčlivascʹ) Bulgarian: благоскло́нност (bg) f (blagosklónnost), добра́ во́ля f (dobrá vólja) Chinese: Mandarin: 善意 (zh) (shànyì), 好意 (zh) (hǎoyì) Czech: dobrá vůle (cs) f Danish: velvilje c Dutch: goodwill (nl) m Esperanto: bonvolo Finnish: hyväntahtoisuus (fi), hyvä tahto French: bonne volonté (fr) f, bienveillance (fr) f German: guter Wille (de) m Greek: καλή θέληση (el) f (thélisi), εύνοια (el) f (évnoia), ευμένεια (el) f (evméneia) Ancient: εὔνοια f (eúnoia) Hebrew: רָצוֹן טוֹב‎ (ratsón tov) Hungarian: jóakarat (hu), jóindulat (hu) Ido: bonvolo (io) Interlingua: bon voler Irish: dea-mhéin f Italian: buona volontà (it) f Japanese: 善意 (ja) (ぜんい, zen'i), 親善 (ja) (しんぜん, shinzen) Korean: 선의(善意) (ko) (seonui), 친선(親善) (ko) (chinseon) Latin: bona voluntas f Macedonian: добра волја f (dobra volja) Maori: arohanui Norwegian: Bokmål: velvilje (no) m, tillit (no) m or f Nynorsk: velvilje m, tillit m or f Polish: dobra wola (pl) f, życzliwość (pl) f, benewolencja f (archaic), łaskawość (pl) f, przychylność (pl) f Portuguese: boa vontade f Romanian: bunăvoință (ro) f Russian: до́брая во́ля f (dóbraja vólja), доброжела́тельность (ru) f (dobroželátelʹnostʹ), благоволе́ние (ru) n (blagovolénije), благожела́тельность (ru) n (blagoželátelʹnostʹ), благоскло́нность (ru) f (blagosklónnostʹ) Scots: guidwill Scottish Gaelic: gean-math m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: добра воља f Roman: dobra volja f Slovak: dobrá vôľa f Slovene: dobra volja f Spanish: buena voluntad f Swedish: välvilja (sv) c Tagalog: mabuting kalooban Ukrainian: до́бра во́ля f (dóbra vólja), добрози́чливість f (dobrozýčlyvistʹ), доброзичли́вість f (dobrozyčlývistʹ)

value

Chinese: Mandarin: 商譽／商誉 (zh) (shāngyù) Dutch: goedwil m Finnish: liikearvo, goodwill (fi) French: achalandage (fr) m, (Canada) cote d'estime f German: ideeller Unternehmenswert m Greek: αέρας (el) m (aéras) Hungarian: érték (hu) Irish: cáilmheas m, dea-thoil f Japanese: 暖簾 (ja) (のれん, noren) Korean: 영업권(營業權) (yeong'eopgwon) Norwegian: Bokmål: goodwill m Nynorsk: goodwill m Polish: renoma (pl) f Russian: делова́я репута́ция f (delovája reputácija) Swedish: goodwill (sv) c, affärsvärde n (dated)

ability to exert influence

Chinese: Mandarin: 商譽／商誉 (zh) (shāngyù) Finnish: vaikutusvalta (fi) French: survaleur (fr) f, (Canada) écart d'acquisition m Hungarian: befolyásolási képesség Irish: cáilmheas m Polish: renoma (pl) f Russian: please add this translation if you can

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Bulgarian: (please verify) дружелю́бие (bg) n (druželjúbie) French: (please verify) bonne volonté, (please verify) bienveillance (fr) Kapampangan: (please verify) pamiyabe Spanish: (please verify) buena voluntad Tagalog: (please verify) samahan (tl)

See also

• bona fides

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English goodwill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡut.ʋɪl/, [ˈɡut.ʋɪl], [ˈɡud.wɪl]

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• Hyphenation: good‧will

Noun

goodwill m (uncountable)

1. goodwill

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Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English goodwill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡudwil/, [ˈɡudwil]

Noun

goodwill

1. goodwill (intangible business value)

Declension

Inflection of goodwill (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		goodwill	goodwillit
genitive		goodwillin	goodwillien
partitive		goodwillia	goodwilleja
illative		goodwilliin	goodwilleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		goodwill	goodwillit
accusative	nom.	goodwill	goodwillit
	gen.	goodwillin
genitive		goodwillin	goodwillien
partitive		goodwillia	goodwilleja
inessive		goodwillissa	goodwilleissa
elative		goodwillista	goodwilleista
illative		goodwilliin	goodwilleihin
adessive		goodwillilla	goodwilleilla
ablative		goodwillilta	goodwilleilta
allative		goodwillille	goodwilleille
essive		goodwillina	goodwilleina
translative		goodwilliksi	goodwilleiksi
instructive		—	goodwillein
abessive		goodwillitta	goodwilleitta
comitative		—	goodwilleineen

Possessive forms of goodwill (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	goodwillini	goodwillimme
2nd person	goodwillisi	goodwillinne
3rd person	goodwillinsa

Synonyms

• liikearvo