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good_will
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[ noun ] a disposition to kindness and compassion; benign good will
Examples : "the victor's grace in treating the vanquished" Used in print ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)Above_all , do n't set_up extravagant fringe_benefits just to buy employee good_will . (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)The first_step toward the goal is the establishment of a new atmosphere of mutual good_will and friendly communication on other_than the polemical level . (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)As part of the same arrangement , Torrio had , in the spirit of peace and good_will , and in exchange for armed support in the April election campaign , bestowed upon O_'_Banion a third share in the Hawthorne_Smoke_Shop proceeds and a cut in the Cicero beer trade . (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)When I pressed for a purely religious definition , I encountered the familiar blend of liberal piety , interfaith good_will , and a small residue of ethnic loyalty . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets)
Synonyms Used in print (Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)It was professedly worth three thousand dollars in stock and good_will , and the name was written in gold in foot high letters across each of the two display_windows . Related terms |
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