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good_will
goodwill
English
Noun
goodwill (usually uncountable, plural goodwills)
- A favorably disposed attitude toward someone or something.
- (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.
- (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.
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Translations
favorably disposed attitude
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value
ability to exert influence
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Finnish
Etymology
Borrowing from English goodwill.
Noun
goodwill
- goodwill (intangible business value)
Declension
| Inflection of goodwill (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | goodwill | goodwillit | |
| genitive | goodwillin | goodwillien | |
| partitive | goodwillia | goodwilleja | |
| illative | goodwilliin | goodwilleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | goodwill | goodwillit | |
| accusative | nom. | goodwill | goodwillit |
| gen. | goodwillin | ||
| genitive | goodwillin | goodwillien | |
| partitive | goodwillia | goodwilleja | |
| 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 | |