common good

English

Noun

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.

Translations

general interest of the population as a whole

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公益 (zh) (gōngyì)

• Danish: almenvel n
• Finnish: yleinen hyvä
• French: bien commun m
• German: Gemeinwohl (de) n, Allgemeinwohl (de) n
• Italian: bene comune
• Japanese: 公益 (ja) (こうえき, kōeki)
• Polish: dobro wspólne n
• Portuguese: bem comum m
• Russian: о́бщее бла́го n (óbščeje blágo)
• Spanish: bien comúm m

a good that is rivalrous and nonexcludable

• Finnish: yhteishyödyke, yhteinen hyvä, yhteinen omaisuus
• French: bien commun (fr) m
• Italian: risorse comuni

Further reading

• common good on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• common-pool resource on Wikipedia.Wikipedia