goodwill
noun/ˌɡʊdˈwɪl/
/ˌɡʊdˈwɪl/
[uncountable]- friendly or helpful feelings towards other people or countries
- a spirit of goodwill in international relations
- a goodwill gesture/a gesture of goodwill
- The President is on a goodwill visit to Japan.
- Given goodwill on both sides, I am sure we can reach an agreement.
- Theatres increasingly have to rely on the goodwill of private sponsors to survive.
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc1- He expressed goodwill towards his former colleagues.
- The government released him as a gesture of goodwill.
- They are in danger of losing the government's goodwill.
- They made the offer in a spirit of goodwill.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + goodwill- enjoy
- have
- create
- …
- gesture
- goodwill to
- goodwill towards/toward
- a gesture of goodwill
- in a spirit of goodwill
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- the good relationship between a business and its customers that is calculated as part of its value when it is sold
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