goodwill
31goodwill — good will, goodwill Good will means ‘the intention and hope that good will result’ (and is hyphened in attributive position, i.e. before a noun as in a good will gesture); goodwill is ‘the established reputation of a business etc. as enhancing… …
32goodwill — noun Date: before 12th century 1. a. a kindly feeling of approval and support ; benevolent interest or concern b. (1) the favor or advantage that a business has acquired especially through its brands and its good reputation (2) the value of… …
33Goodwill — Good|will [ gud wil] der; s <aus gleichbed. engl. goodwill, eigtl. »Wohlwollen«>: a) ideeller Firmenwert, Geschäftswert; b) Ansehen, guter Ruf einer Institution o. Ä.; c) Wohlwollen, freundliche Gesinnung …
34Goodwill — Good|will [ gud wıl ] an informal name for Goodwill Industries, an organization in the U.S. that has stores that collect old clothes and other things that people no longer want and sell them at low prices. There is a similar organization in the U …
35goodwill — noun (U) 1 kind feelings towards or between people and a willingness to be helpful 2 the success of a company, and its good relationship with its customers, calculated as part of its value when it is sold: We paid 60,000 for the store, plus 5,000 …
36goodwill — noun your acts of goodwill have not gone unnoticed Syn: benevolence, compassion, goodness, kindness, consideration, charity; cooperation, collaboration; friendliness, amity, thoughtfulness, decency, sympathy, understanding, neighborliness Ant …
37goodwill — 1. In an *acquisition, the excess of the Consideration paid by an acquiring company over the *fair value of acquired *net assets. Contrast *negative goodwill. 2. The value of an organization’s reputation and *brands that allow it to generate… …
38goodwill — [ˌgʊdˈwɪl] noun [U] a feeling of wanting to be friendly and helpful to someone Ant: ill will As a gesture of goodwill, we agreed to do the work free of charge.[/ex] …
39goodwill — good will / goodwill [n] kindliness altruism, amity, benevolence, brownie points*, charity, comity, cordiality, favor, friendliness, friendship, generosity, good deed, good side of*, helpfulness, rapport, right side of*, sympathy, tolerance;… …
40goodwill — The amount by which the purchase price for a business exceeds the value of its real assets. ► “Goodwill forms a substantial part of the total asset structure of a typical company, and is therefore of considerable concern to accounting… …
