The condition of being happy and prosperous; well-being. Obsolete (exc. archaic). Of the world, a country, town, community, its people or members…

The good, welfare, or prosperity of a community or country as a whole; common well-being; the public interest. Cf. public good n.

The highest public interest; the public good. Cf. summum bonum, n. Obsolete.

(a) the welfare of the community as a whole, public interest; (b) a commodity held in common (usually in plural); (Economics) a commodity or…

Common well-being; esp. the general good, welfare, or prosperity of a community or country as a whole; = commonwealth, n. 2.

contextually. The welfare of a country or community; the general good. Often with defining word, as common, general, public, universal. See also commo…

Common well-being; esp. the general good, welfare, or prosperity of a community, country, etc., as a whole. Also occasionally: an instance of…

the well-being or welfare of a country; = public good n.; (formerly also) †a nation, a State, esp. considered in terms of the welfare of its people…

the welfare of the community as a whole, public interest; = public good n. (a) at public, adj. n.compounds 1b.

The general good of the community; public welfare or interest. Hence, the state or body politic.

(a) public welfare, the public interest (now archaic); (b) public financial resources, national wealth.

= public interest n.

With singular agreement. The community or people as an organized body, the body politic; the nation, the state; the interest or well-being of the…

the benefit or advantage of the community as a whole; the public good.

A matter with which a person is occupied; a piece of business. Chiefly in plural: the affairs of a person or group; public or private matters.

The highest public interest; the public good (cf. the sum of things at sum, n.1 phrases 2a).