单词 | common good |
释义 | common goodn. 1. The good, welfare, or prosperity of a community or country as a whole; common well-being; the public interest. Cf. public good n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > relation in respect of > general or public wealth1390 common gooda1393 the sum of things?c1400 public good1427 commonweal1429 weal1444 commonwealtha1450 public weala1470 common publicc1475 weal-public1495 public wealth1541 public welfare1579 publica1586 public interest1591 the public (also general) concern1707 summa rerum1715 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 2930 Richesse upon the comun good And noght upon the singuler Ordeigned was. 1590 T. Rogers Miles Christianus 16 Their labors are most blessed of God, and liked of his Church, which study and write moste for the common good. 1646 J. Benbrigge Vsvra Accommodata 2 More fully would they emptie themselves into the Maine Ocean of the Common-Good. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 264 [Let] private concerns always cede to the common good. 1857 W. Acton Prostitution vi. 69 These defeated adventurers..joined their talents for the common good, and make a head against the world. 1911 W. C. Gannett 24 Oct. in Pamphlet ser. (World Peace Foundation) (1912) II. 11 Peace rules between them, order is kept, the rogues are awed, the criminals are held at bay, and measures for the common good are carried out. 2020 Townsville Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 17 Dec. 24 This global pandemic can only be suppressed or controlled if we all start thinking less of ourselves and look towards the common good. 2. Chiefly (now only) Scottish. Usually with capital initial. Property of a local authority (formerly of the corporation of a town or borough) in the form of land, buildings, or funds, which is held for the benefit of the community and is legally distinct from other property owned, such as that raised by taxes or acts or parliament. Also formerly in plural in the same sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > public or national property common good1416 strength1662 public stock1663 national treasure1696 nationality1830 nationalty1830 1416 in Sections Assembly Bk. A Shrewsbury Guild Hall f. 84 The baillifs..and the six men of the place shul alowe the guillours of the taske..for here labour..of the comone good after here auyse & discrecion. ?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 385 Þe comounynge of þe comon goodis..in þe begynnynge of cristis chirche. 1491 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1491/4/23 It is statut and ordinit that the commoune gud of all oure soverane lordis burrowis within the realme be observit and kepit to the commoune gude of the toune. 1528 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) 233 Twa hundreth markis … of the commoun guid of the said last ȝeir he was thesaurare. 1671 in M. Wood Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1950) X. 107 The Councell appoynts [a committee] to peruse the rouping books and the thesaurers accompts and try what the charge of the Common Good will extend to yeirly. 1774 in A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock (1864) App. 304 The haill common-goods and custums of the said burgh and barony. 1895 Econ. Jrnl. 5 36 The balance of £349,678 of net free assets is known as the ‘Common Good of the Corporation of the City of Glasgow’. 2020 Daily Rec. (Nexis) 24 Jan. The exact bill for the Common Good owned asset will be £391,000. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1393 |
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