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单词 goodwill
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goodwilln.

Brit. /ˌɡʊdˈwɪl/, U.S. /ˌɡʊdˈwɪl/
Forms: Old English god willa, Old English god wylla, Old English good willa, late Old English godwylla, Middle English godd will, Middle English godewel, Middle English gode will, Middle English gode wille, Middle English godewyll, Middle English gode wylle, Middle English god wil, Middle English god will, Middle English god wille, Middle English goode wille, Middle English good wel, Middle English good-wil, Middle English good-wille, Middle English good wyl, Middle English gude will, Middle English gud will, Middle English gud wyll, Middle English–1500s goode will, Middle English–1500s goode wyll, Middle English–1500s goode wylle, Middle English–1500s good wyll, Middle English–1500s good wylle, Middle English–1600s good wil, Middle English–1600s good wille, Middle English– good-will, Middle English– good will, 1500s gode wyll, 1500s– goodwill, 1600s goodwil; also Scottish pre-1700 gudeuill, pre-1700 gude vil, pre-1700 gude wil, pre-1700 gude will, pre-1700 gude wyl, pre-1700 gude wyll, pre-1700 gud vyl, pre-1700 gud wil, pre-1700 gudwil, pre-1700 gud will, pre-1700 gudwill, pre-1700 gudwyl, pre-1700 gud wyll, pre-1700 guidewill, pre-1700 guid will, pre-1700 gwidwill, pre-1700 1800s gudewill, pre-1700 1800s guidwill, 1800s gueedwill (Aberdeenshire).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: good adj., will n.1
Etymology: < good adj. + will n.1 Compare Middle Low German gōtwille, Old Icelandic góðvili, Old Danish godvilje (Danish godvilje; now rare), all in sense ‘benevolence, kindness, friendliness’, and also Old Swedish godhvili virtuous disposition, cooperation (Swedish godvilja; now archaic).In Luke 2:14 ultimately rendering Hellenistic Greek εὐδοκία virtuous disposition, goodness, (chiefly used of God) approval, favour. The Greek word is attested almost exclusively in Jewish and early Christian religious writings (frequently in the Septuagint, where it often refers to the favour and benevolence which God shows to human beings, as well as in the New Testament). Many manuscripts of the Greek text of Luke 2:14 have ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκία ‘peace on earth, goodwill to men’. This reading was adopted in the Textus Receptus, whence the versions of Coverdale (compare quot. 1535 at sense 2b; probably immediately after early modern German vnd den menschen eyn wolgefallen (1522 in Luther)) and the King James Bible (compare quot. 1611 at sense 2a). Although only a few Greek manuscripts have the alternative reading ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκίας ‘peace on earth among men of goodwill’ (whence the Vulgate's pax hominibus bonæ voluntatis , reflected e.g. in the Old English and Wycliffite versions), internal evidence supports this as the preferable reading, and it consequently figures in the standard modern editions of the Greek New Testament, providing the source text for most modern English versions (e.g. R.S.V. ‘peace among those with whom he (i.e. God) is pleased’, N.R.S.V. ‘peace among those whom he (i.e. God) favours’, R.E.B. ‘peace for men on whom his favour rests’). In Old English (and occasionally also in early Middle English) the first element is usually treated as a normal adjective inflected for case. Word division in Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts. In later English frequently written as two words; still usually so written in sense 1 and also often in other senses.
1. Usually as two words. A virtuous, pious, or honest disposition or intention; goodness, piety, virtue. Now chiefly in of good will as a postmodifying phrase.In later use overlapping with and often indistinguishable from sense 2a.With quot. OE1 compare quots. 1535 at sense 2b and 1611 at sense 2a. In pre-Reformation versions of Luke 2:14 (translating the Vulgate) the phrase good will often has this sense. From the 16th cent. until the late 19th cent., the phrase is usually retained, but used in sense 2. From the late 19th cent., the phrase is usually replaced by other words. See the note in the etymology for further discussion.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > [noun] > moral excellence
goodwilleOE
goodnesseOE
thewnessc1200
goodlaikc1225
goodheadc1275
honestete1340
bountyc1386
goodliheada1393
prowessc1395
honestyc1400
goodliness1405
virtuosityc1443
virtuousnessc1449
virtueheada1456
good naturec1475
integrity1548
honestness1556
graciousness1591
saintship1613
gracefulness1619
saintliness1838
te1895
virtu1906
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > goodwill or kind intention
goodwilleOE
favoura1340
well-willinga1382
well-meaninga1393
good nature?c1450
voillancea1500
well-disposedness1606
bon-accordc1650
well-meaningness1663
well-naturedness1679
well-intentionedness1799
eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. viii. 139 He wæs swa godes willan þæt he sægde þæt he forlure þone dæg þe he noht on to gode ne gedyde.
OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Luke ii. 14 Pax hominibus bonę uoluntatis : sib monnum godes willo [c1384 Wycliffite, E.V. to men of good wille].
OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 20 Seo sawul is gesceadwis gast æfre cucu and mæg underfon ge godne wyllan [c1175 Bodl. 343 godne willæ] and yfelne æfter agenum cyre.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 502 (MED) Þai [sc. angels] mai neuermar held til il, Namar þan þe wick mai to god will.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 371 In som cas the good wylle of a man is accepted for the dede.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 1219/2 Of good will and mere propensitye of hart..he is..ready to forewarne your grace.
1602 J. Davies Mirum in Modum sig. E3v The foe can foile..With Pride our Piety, and our good-will.
1653 W. Dell Confut. Antichristian Errors Anno. 1652 29 in Tryal of Spirits It is no great matter, though men of good will be not poysoned with Heathen mens error nine or ten years together.
1723 A. Pope Let. 27 June in Lett. Pope & Several Eminent Persons (1735) I. 300 I have a mixture of Envy to you all..for enjoying the sweets of that Life, which can only be tasted by People of good will.
1759 T. Adam in S. Walker Christian (ed. 3) Pref. p. vii Answer the Author's Design, in rousing the stupid Sinner, undeceiving the Formalist, and animating Men of Good-will to higher Attainments.
1847 in U.S. Catholic Mag. (1848) Jan. 43/1 Every comfort and help of our holy religion will be, in this district, most easily accessible to every man of good will.
1878 A. T. Sadlier tr. Old Chest vii. 65 May God aid men of good-will!
1922 Amer. Cinematographer Dec. 4/1 Men and women of good will are finding one another though they be divided by creed and color and clan.
2001 G. DiZerega Pagans & Christians x. 229 What is true for these Jews and Buddhists of good will can be equally true of Pagans and Christians of good will.
2.
a. Kindly, friendly feelings or helpful attitude towards another person or other people; feelings of support or favour for, or an attitude of cooperation towards, a cause, scheme, etc.; benevolence, friendliness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friendly feeling
goodwilleOE
heartliness1435
good liking1586
cordiality1643
eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) v. 13 Ut scuto bonae uoluntatis tuae coronasti nos : swe swe mid scelde godes willan dines ðu gebegades usic.
OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) v. 120 Þæt is se goda willa þæt man oðrum þæs..unne þe he wille þæt him gelimpe, & þæt he on oðres gesyntum blissie.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 207 Swa muche strengðe haueð luue & god wil. þet hit makeð oðeres god ure god.
c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) v. 15 Lord, þou hast crouned us as wyþ þe shelþe [read shelde] of þy gode wylle [L. bonæ voluntatis].
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. iii Thow castest not this brede for no good wylle but only to the ende that I hold my pees.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. liiiiv He [sc. Henry VII] espyed and tried oute suche as he knewe..to beare no good wyll..towarde his person.
1565 W. Allen Def. & Declar. Doctr. Purgatory ii. v. f. 160 It shal be much meritorious, as proceding not of necessity, but of freedom and good will.
1611 Bible (King James) Luke ii. 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good wil towards men [1881 R.V. on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased; 1961 New Eng. on earth his peace for men on whom his favour rests] . View more context for this quotation
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso ii. lxvi. 338 That he hath won this universal good will by the vice of playing Jack of both sides.
1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 2 In all other respects, to give, and to dispense, is Generosity, and Good-will.
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) II. 227 After repeated endeavours to conciliate their good-will, he was constrained to have recourse to violence.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 283 The great event which brought peace on earth, and good-will to the children of men.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 459 Some pious men..spoke of him, not indeed with esteem, yet with goodwill.
1908 Brotherhood Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen's Mag. Mar. 404/1 He touched on the necessity of cultivating the goodwill of the public, declaring that no strike was ever won that was opposed by public sentiment.
1966 E. Amadi Concubine x. 68 On second thoughts, he had to admit that Ihuoma enjoyed tremendous goodwill from the whole village. She only had to lodge a complaint and everybody would rally round her.
2003 Leicester Diwali Guide (Leicester City Council) 8 Renewing old acquaintances, inviting family members and friends into our homes and spreading goodwill to all around us.
b. An example or instance of this; a feeling or attitude of kindness, favour, or cooperation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > goodwill or kind intention > action of wishing well
well-willinga1382
goodwill1535
good willing1556
well-wishing1562
well wish1595
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Luke ii. 14 Peace vpon earth, and vnto men a good wyll.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 45 To winne the loue and goodwilles of the people.
1630 J. Taylor Wks. iii. 15 To helpe to tugge me a shore, at the Hauen of your goodwils.
a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) xv. 431 To ingratiate himself in their affections and good wills.
1767 Scots Mag. Nov. 612/1 I would with a thousand good-wills have given it all to have had her alive again.
1871 N. Macleod Peeps at Far East iv. 52 These men, whom you sneer and laugh at,..bear such a good-will to you that, were it necessary, they would die for your good.
1915 J. Jones Fall of Tsingtau iii. 47 As Japan and England are coöperating in the attack upon Tsingtau at this time, in order to return Kiaochow to China, our people should show their good-wills toward them.
2012 Longford Leader (Nexis) 4 July These people still have a real goodwill for the county.
3.
a. Enthusiasm, eagerness, zeal; readiness, willingness. Usually in with (also †mid) (a) goodwill: enthusiastically, eagerly; readily, willingly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [noun] > heartiness or zeal
goodwillOE
zealc1425
eagernessc1450
heartinessc1475
estudy1483
fanaticism1855
jolly hockey sticks1972
OE Ælfric Homily (Cambr. Ii.4.6) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 359 We nu wyllað..hi [sc. the words] gefrætewian eow, þæt hi licweorðe beon to lare eow eallum, gif ge þæt gastlice andgit mid godum willan underfoð.
OE tr. Abbo of St. Germain Sermo in Cena Domini (Corpus Cambr. 190) in D. Bethurum Homilies of Wulfstan (1957) 368 Understandað, leofan men, mid godum wyllan [L. de bono animo] þæt þæt we eow willað secgan.
c1250 in Stud. Philol. (1931) 28 595 Herknet wel wid gode wille of godes wordes.
c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 86 Þe man þat godes hestes halt, And þat myd gode wylle.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1241 (MED) William wiþ god wille so wel þe duk hitt, þat þurth scheld & scholder þe scharpe spere grint.
a1425 (c1300) Assumption of Virgin (BL Add.) (1901) l. 745 Thei criede ‘mercy’ with good wille, Somme lowde and somme stille.
c1450 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Calig. A.ii) (1969) l. 1843 Lybeauus wyth good wyll Jnto hys sadell gan skyll And a launce yn hond he hent.
1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. evv Iff ye se yowre howndes haue goode will to renne.
1585 R. P. tr. D. Ortúñez de Calahorra Second Pt. First Bk. Myrrour of Knighthood xl. f. 149v Ther was neyther of them, but with a verie good will wold haue throwen himselfe along vppon the grounde to haue taken some rest.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed iii. xvi. 401 If they get any thing that is good, they call in their neighbours, and make merry together,..and eat what they finde, with a good will.
1732 Hive IV. 172 Come, sweet! be not shy, On your true-love rely; Come, with hearty good-will let's agree.
1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner i. 40 The Horses have worked with right good-will.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 151 He set himself, therefore, to labour, with real good will.
1898 International July 41/2 She drew an ottoman up to the table on which I placed the tray, and fell to with right good will.
1922 M. Hale Beautiful Girlhood 73 It is a pleasure to watch a girl wash dishes or sweep a floor if she does it with a hearty good-will.
2006 V. Deloria World we used to live In ii. 59 The medicine-men sang with a good will the mystery song appropriate to the occasion.
b. Ready or willing consent; (in later use) spec. cheerful consent or acquiescence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [noun]
willOE
goodwilllOE
wilfulnessa1398
freenessc1400
freedoma1425
towardness1461
willingness1535
towardlinessa1569
fitness1604
inclinableness1608
lubency1623
pronenessa1640
libence1654
promptitude1712
allubescency1727
willinghood1841
unhesitatingness1876
lOE Royal Charter: Edgar to Ely Abbey (Sawyer 779) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 102 Beo þis priuilegium, þæt is sindorlice wyrðmynt oððe agen freodom into þære stowe.., Gode geoffrod mid urum goodum willan.
1389 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) II. 23 The forsayde Doncane..frely and wyd gude wyl, has gyfyn and grawntyt [etc.].
1399 Liber Cartarum Sancte Crucis (1840) 112 Þe said Davi wil & grantis..til þe said Religious men..freli of his gift & of his gud wil to þe vphalde & to þe werk of þair abbai [etc.].
a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 25180 Forþi what so god sendes vs till Vs aw to suffer it with gude will.
a1500 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Trin. Dublin) l. 804* (MED) Þat graunt I gladly..with a gode wille.
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 48/2 The Lorde Cardinall shoulde fyrst assaye to geat him with her good will.
1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iii. vii. 189 Seeke not to get that with a good will, which thou mayest take perforce.
1700 F. Atterbury Rights Eng. Convocation vi. 279 All these Eighteen Prorogations were after they began to be Tax'd by Parliament; and all of them were with the Good will and Consent of the Clergy.
1766 O. Goldsmith Ballad [the Hermit] in Vicar of Wakefield I. viii. 70 And, though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. vii. 337 With my good will, you shall build your ramparts of gold.
1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. vii. 289 [They] pay such duties..with greater good will than any other impost whatever.
1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. xiv. 142 No prises of corn..or other goods, shall be taken without the goodwill of their owners.
1915 in K. Laybourn Brit. Trade Unionism (1991) 120 Not with the good-will and co-operation of the skilled men, but against their sullen and barely concealed opposition.
2000 K. Robards Ghost Moon xxxvii. 221 Anything he wanted to do to her, he did with her goodwill.
4.
†a. Permission to enjoy the use of a property. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > permission for other specific actions
passage1417
wayleave1427
repassage1429
wood-leave1503
goodwill1553
exclaustration1945
1553 E. Janny Will in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills & Inventories (1857) 160 To her sonne Edward my good wyll of my howse in Tymperley.
1562 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 10 Andrewe Haworthes father..did obteyne the Landlordes goodwill of the Tenement wherein the father of the said Custance did dwell.
1586 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 136 And yf so be that my sonne Raphe do not kepe the office in Hulle parke, then I geve him the good will of my two fermeholdes in Charleton.
b. Business. The privilege, granted by the seller of a business to the purchaser, of trading as the recognized successor of the seller; (now usually more generally) the established reputation of a business regarded as a quantifiable asset and calculated as part of its value when it is sold.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > [noun] > privilege of trading as successor
goodwill1571
1571 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 352 I gyue to John Stephen..my whole interest and good will of my Quarrell [i.e. quarry].
1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xxi. 352 Often I have known a Widow get from 300 to 500 l. for the good-will, as 'tis call'd, of the shop and trade.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. iv. 34 Having given an hundred pound for my predecessor's good-will.
1786 Lounger No. 79 On her marriage with the knight she had sold the good-will of her shop and warehouse.
1836 F. Marryat Japhet I. vii. 85 The shop, fixtures, stock in trade, and good will, were all the property of our ancient antagonist.
1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. iv. ii. 532 The good-will of his [sc. a solicitor's] practice may be either sold, or some person may be taken into the business as a partner.
1921 Patent & Trade Mark Rev. 19 378 Giovanna..had assigned to the plaintiff both the patent and the good will of a business which included or consisted in the sale of rotisseries.
1971 Times 10 Dec. 8/5 An injunction restraining the Official Receiver and the manager from carrying on the company's business otherwise than with a view to the preservation of assets and goodwill.
2006 K. W. Bender Moneymakers v. 117 The British had to write down the good will of a recently acquired company.
5. Chiefly with capital initial. A proprietary name for: any of a chain of charity shops across the United States and Canada, operated by Goodwill Industries International, Inc.; also more fully Goodwill store. Also used allusively to designate clothing or other goods of a type popularly associated with such a shop, esp. in being worn out, of mediocre quality, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > other types of shop
show shop1787
lock-up shop1795
cash-store1811
boat shop1813
slaughter shop1841
slaughterhouse1851
ticket-shop1851
charity shop1853
magic shop1853
company store1872
Army and Navy1878
five-and-ten1880
farthing-shop1889
funeral home1895
goodwill1916
shop-within-(a)-shop1916
cash and carry1917
Piggly Wiggly1917
poverty shop1948
discount house1949
anchor1960
box store1976
mom-and-pop1976
op shop1978
duty-free1980
pound shop1983
pop-up2000
1916 Amer. Missionary June 134/2 All the repaired material is put on sale in the four Goodwill stores, and the money received is used to pay the wages of the workers.
1974 H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens v. 186 I saw George down at Goodwill the other day.
1987 J. Carroll Forced Entries 18 Arriving at his apartment in their Goodwill threads and then returning to the Lower East Side in breezy white Panama suits.
1992 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 23 May e2 Try churches, non-profit groups, goodwill stores, and Salvation Army outlets.
1994 N.Y. Times 4 Jan. d2/1 The idea that Americans were going to stop spending and go back to sitting on Goodwill furniture in their hand-knit sweaters.
2005 S. Reinhardt Not Tonight, Honey 90 You know that lamp of his you think's so ugly? Pack it up and take it down to Goodwill.

Phrases

of (also by, with) one's (own) goodwill: voluntarily, without compulsion or constraint. Cf. of one's (own) free will at free will n. 1a.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > free will > [adverb]
freelyeOE
wilfullyc1000
by one's willOE
of oneselfOE
self-willesOE
of one's own willOE
willyOE
with one's willc1175
voluntarilyc1374
wilfulc1380
of one's own heada1393
willea1400
willilya1400
of (free) voluntyc1402
of or at one's (own) voluntyc1402
of one's own motion1419
of (also by, with) one's (own) goodwill?a1425
on one's own heada1425
of (also by, on, upon) one's own accorda1450
activelyc1454
willinglyc1475
voluntary1480
liberallya1500
of one's own swinge1548
voluntariously1550
voluntarlyc1568
for favour1574
at voluntary1585
of, out of, upon, or at (a person's) own voluntary1585
selfly1595
motu proprio1603
ultroneously1627
unimposedly1647
spontaneously1660
needlessly1710
unmechanically1764
?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 96 Fischez þat hase all þe see at will to swymme in schall with þaire awen gude will [Fr. de lour propre volunte] com þider.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xxxv. 8 His prynces of their awne good wyll gaue to the Heueofferynge for the people.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 370 Therfore he was come of his awne good will to do some good.
a1620 Lady Mildmay Jrnl. in Q. Rev. (1911) 428 120 I would sit with her all daye in her chamber, and by my goodwill would never goe from her.
1668 W. Temple Let. to Ld. Keeper in Wks. (1731) II. 103 I..would by my Good-will eat dry Crusts, and lie upon the Floor, rather than do it upon any other Consideration, than of his Majesty's immediate Commands.
1736 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 457/2 I don't suppose my Landlord will be so generous as to ease my Rent of his own good Will.
1816 J. Austen Emma II. xiv. 265 Augusta, I believe, with her own good will, would never stir beyond the park paling. View more context for this quotation
1884 S. St. John Hayti 292 It [sc. the jail of Port-au-Prince] is a cluster of low buildings, surrounded by a wall perhaps ten feet in height, so insecure that no European could be kept there a night except by his own good-will.
1919 F. F. Kelly What Amer. Did ii. xxvii. 242 With complete confidence that the American people would respond of their own good will the conservation measures were all made voluntary.
2008 L. Divine Courtin' Jayd 53 When has Nellie ever tried to help anyone of her own good will?

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
a. In sense 4b, as goodwill account, goodwill amortization, goodwill value, etc.
ΚΠ
1819 Times 10 July 1/5 Lease of a house, shop, and business... Terms, including goodwill-money, 400l.
1871 Manch. Guardian 17 Apr. 2/1 £7,000 is to be appropriated to the reduction of the goodwill account.
1924 J. R. Commons Legal Found. Capitalism v. 191 The company set up a claim for both franchise value and goodwill value.
1952 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 Apr. 159/2 The sale or rental value which attaches to a house..which has been adapted for medical practice, but which does not include any ‘goodwill value’.
1973 N. Y. Times: Abstr. (Nexis) 12 Apr. 74/2 Lehigh Valley Industries Inc repts..$18.7-million goodwill writeoff.
2007 H. E. Riggs Understanding Financial Score v. 68 Rules about goodwill amortization have changed frequently.
b. In sense 2.
ΚΠ
a1832 J. Bentham Deontology (1834) II. 263 Correspondent to that same good-will fund there is an ill-will fund.
1860 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 12 Oct. 1/1 Not only the Prince, but many of his suite lifted their hats at the astonishing enthusiasm and good-will expressions of the people.
1898 World (N.Y.) 1 Dec. 5/7 (advt.) A Christmas Harmony. Lowest prices and easy terms are all atune here to the ‘good-will’ spirit of the great day of presentation.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 20 Feb. 3/2 A large number of ‘goodwill’ workers are..enlisted.
1918 A. Stieglitz Let. 26 Dec. in My Faraway One (2011) I. 96 I'd like to blow up the whole of Fifth Avenue with all its humbug—& all the people who go with it!!—Isn't that a fine Good Will feeling?
1936 Daily Mirror 22 Mar. 9/1 Welsh children will broadcast their ‘Goodwill Day’ peace message to the World on May 18th.
1954 Denton (Maryland) Jrnl. 17 Dec. 7/1 Ginger, goodwill season or not, can't get over her distrust of dogs.
2008 A. Davidson Gargoyle (2009) x. 174 Goodwill carolers dropped in to sing about silent nights, holy nights.
C2. attributive, designating things given or undertaken as an expression of, or for the purpose of creating and maintaining, goodwill.
a. With reference to gifts, gestures, etc., as goodwill gesture, goodwill message, goodwill offering, etc.
ΚΠ
1815 P. Macfarlane New & Copious Vocab. Eng. & Gaelic ii. 103/2 Preasan, bushes; good-will offering.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury xc, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 325 And I will give thee as a good-will token, The beautiful wand of wealth and happiness.
1868 A. Sedgwick Memorial by Trustees Cowgill Chapel Pref. p. x (note) I now resume my task, as a goodwill offering of the Christmas vacation to my friends and countrymen.
1956 N. Algren Walk on Wild Side ii. 122 It's not a pot, Madam. And it's strictly not for sale. It's a French Dripolator and it's a goodwill gift, no strings attached.
1989 Which? July 323/1 They may offer—still without admitting liability—a small ‘ex gratia’ or ‘goodwill’ payment of £10 or £20.
2005 BusinessWeek 28 Mar. 56/2 Assad has made goodwill gestures to the U.S. Syria recently fingered Saddam's half-brother.
b. With reference to diplomatic visits, international relations, etc., as goodwill envoy, goodwill tour, goodwill visit, etc.
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1921 Southern Workman Dec. (preceding p. 528a) Dr. Moton..and a company of well-known colored leaders, recently traveled on a ‘good-will’ tour, enlisting the interest, support, and co-operation of thousands upon thousands of white and colored citizens.
1935 Economist 18 May 1125/2 A lesser American naval squadron is making a ‘goodwill tour’ in Japanese waters.
1947 Ann. Reg. 1946 222 In July the British Labour Party sent a ‘goodwill’ mission to Moscow.
1961 Listener 21 Dec. 1081/2 President Kennedy arrives in Caracas..at start of a ‘goodwill’ tour of Latin America.
1987 C. Achebe Anthills of Savannah iii. 26 A goodwill delegation from Abazon.
2011 Independent 27 Aug. 36/1 The triple-masted Colombian barque ARC Gloria slid through the raised bascules of Tower Bridge yesterday to end a three-day goodwill visit to London.
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goodwill ambassador n. a person serving (usually unofficially) to promote goodwill between countries, institutions, etc.; now chiefly (frequently with capital initials) a well-known person (esp. a celebrity) appointed by a charity or other organization to publicize its activities or promote a specified cause.
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1926 Kokomo (Indiana) Daily Tribune 28 July 9/6 (headline) Planning for Paris. Legionnaires in 1927 to be good will ambassadors, says elder.
1928 Washington Post 10 Jan. 1/5 Another triumph awaited the good will ambassador from the United States, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, when he landed on the field here [sc. Panama City] today.
1938 Mich. Alumnus 22 Oct. 54/1 While abroad..he became an unofficial ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ for the University and the Alumni Association, visiting with many alumni.
1954 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 21 Apr. 9/3 Comedian Danny Kaye arrived here Tuesday on a round-the-world tour as goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund.
2013 W. T. Kalusa & M. Vaughan Death, Belief & Politics in Central Afr. Hist. viii. 294 She..was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for Safe Motherhood by the African Union.
Goodwill Games n. an international sports competition, usually held at four-yearly intervals in different countries and venues; frequently attributive, as Goodwill Games team, Goodwill Games event, etc. A proprietary name in the United States.The Goodwill Games were founded in response to international political tensions surrounding the Olympic Games in the early 1980s, and first took place in Moscow, Russia in 1986; the final Goodwill Games took place 2001.
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1985 N.Y. Times 1 June 10/4 Ted Turner..has reportedly asked Soviet approval for a binational ‘Goodwill Games’, which would be held in non-Olympic years at sites alternating between the United States and the Soviet Union.
1990 Washington Post 13 July f3/1 She fell off the balance beam at the U.S. nationals and didn't make the Goodwill Games team.
1995 D. L. Porter Afr.-Amer. Sports Greats 227 Edwin..triumphed in the 1986 Goodwill Games at Moscow, Russia.
2001 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 5 Sept. 74 Benita Willis will add a red ribbon against drugs in sport to her attire after running fourth in the Goodwill Games event last night.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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