goodwill
To voluntarily provide or cover some or all of the cost of to maintain goodwillTo voluntarily provide or cover some or all of the cost of (something) to maintain goodwill.
» Your goodwill sank into my heart.
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1 sensesTo voluntarily provide or cover some or all of the cost of (something) to maintain goodwill.
The company goodwilled the cost of the repairs.
Examples
16 sentencesYour goodwill sank into my heart.
I beg you, treat him with goodwill.
I beg you, treat me with goodwill.
It's important to inspire acts of goodwill.
This generosity unites people, fostering goodwill and cooperation.
Origin
From Middle English *goodwille, good wille, possibly from Old English *gōdwille (compare gFrom Middle English *goodwille, good wille, possibly from Old English *gōdwille (compare gōdwillende (“well-pleased”)). Compare also Scots guidwilly, guidwillie (“displaying goodwill”). By surface analysis, good + will.
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Forms
goodwills, goodwilling, goodwilled, goodwilled| Base form | goodwill · to goodwill |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | goodwills |
| Present participle | goodwilling |
| Past simple | goodwilled |
| Past participle | goodwilled |
regular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle