common good

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common good (countable and uncountable, plural common goods)

  1. The general interest of the population as a whole.
    Synonyms: public interest, public good
  2. (economics) A good that is rivalrous and nonexcludable.
    Synonyms: CPR, common-pool resource
    Coordinate terms: private good, club good, public good
  3. (Scotland) The corporate property of a burgh in Scotland.

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