goodwill

English

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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.
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 toward someone or something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 善意 (zh) (shànyì), 好意 (zh) (hǎoyì)

• Esperanto: bonvolo
• Finnish: hyväntahtoisuus
• French: bonne volonté (fr) f, bienveillance (fr) f
• German: guter Wille m
• Greek: καλή θέληση (el) f (thélisi), εύνοια (el) f (évnoia), ευμένεια (el) f (evméneia)
• Hebrew: רצון טוב (ratzon tov)
• Ido: bonvolo (io)
• Interlingua: bon voler
• Irish: dea-mhéin f
• Italian: buona volontà (it) f
• Japanese: 善意 (ja) (ぜんい, zen'i)

• Latin: bona voluntas f
• Maori: arohanui
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: velvilje (no) m, tillit (no) m, f

  Nynorsk: velvilje m, tillit m, f

• Polish: dobra wola f, życzliwość (pl) f
• Portuguese: boa vontade f
• Romanian: bunăvoință (ro) f
• Russian: добрая воля f (dóbraja vólja), доброжелательность (ru) f (dobroželátel'nost'), благоволение (ru) n (blagovolénije)
• Scots: guidwill
• Spanish: buena voluntad f
• Swedish: välvilja (sv)

value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities

• French: fonds commercial (fr)
• Greek: αέρας (el) m (aéras)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: goodwill m

  Nynorsk: goodwill m

• Polish: renoma (pl) f
• Russian: деловая репутация (delovaya reputaciya)
• Swedish: goodwill (sv) c, affärsvärde n (dated)

concept used to refer to the ability of an individual or business to exert influence

• Irish: cáilmheas m

• Polish: renoma (pl) f

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Translations to be checked

• French: bonne volonté, bienveillance

• Spanish: buena voluntad

See also

• bona fides

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from English goodwill.

Noun

goodwill

1. goodwill

Declension

Declension of goodwill (Kotus type 5/risti)

	singular	plural
nominative	goodwill	goodwillit
genitive	goodwillin	goodwillien
partitive	goodwillia	goodwilleja
accusative	goodwillin	goodwillit
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