good-faithadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈɡʊd.feɪθ/us/ˈɡʊd.feɪθ/mainly USdone in an honest and sincere way:
A good-faith effort has been made by both parties to settle.
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bad-faith
used to describe money that is paid to show that you are serious about doing something or entering an agreement:
What we're asking is that they make a good-faith payment on what they owe.
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Honesty, openness & sincerity
- (as) man to man idiom
- above board
- artless
- be on the level idiom
- bona fide
- bone
- in good faith idiom
- integrity
- joke
- joking apart/aside idiom
- let's face it idiom 1
- level with sb
- nail
- stainless
- straight arrow idiom
- straight up idiom
- straightforward
- the straight and narrow idiom
- transparent
- truly
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