common good

English

Noun

common good (countable and uncountable, plural common goods)

The general interest of the population as a whole.
(economics) A good that is rivalrous and nonexcludable.
Synonyms: CPR, common-pool resource
(Scotland) The corporate property of a burgh in Scotland.

Synonyms

(general interest of the population) public interest; public good

Translations

general interest of the population as a whole

Chinese:
Mandarin: 公益 (zh) (gōngyì)
Danish: almenvel n
Finnish: yleinen hyvä

French: bien commun m
German: Gemeinwohl (de) n
Japanese: 公益 (ja) (こうえき, kōeki)
Russian: о́бщее бла́го n (óbščeje blágo)

a good that is rivalrous and nonexcludable

Finnish: yhteishyödyke, yhteinen hyvä, yhteinen omaisuus

French: bien commun (fr) m

See also

Further reading

common good on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
common-pool resource on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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