| 单词 | public good |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspublic good public good n. (also †good public) [compare classical Latin bonum pūblicum, Middle French, French bien public (second half of the 14th cent.)] (a) the welfare of the community as a whole, public interest; (b) a commodity held in common (usually in plural); (Economics) a commodity or service provided, without profit, to all members of a society (whether by the government or privately). 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 1427Good publique [see sense A. 2a]. c1503 ( Complaynte Duke of Glouceter in R. Arnold Chron. f. cx/2 Ageynst the good publyk of your reme. 1516 Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes XXVIII. f. 59, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Gud n. My lordis will provid..as thai think expedient for the gud public of the realme and weile of the bordouris. 1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. T4v The world having extinguished the care of the publique good, by an over-care of their private. 1635 R. Sibbes Soules Confl. (1833) xvii. 136 Law being the joint reason and consent of many men for the public good hath a use for guidance of all action that fall under the same. 1708 B. Shower Reports 257 If a Ferry were granted at this Day, he that accepts such Grant, is bound to keep a Boat for the Publick Good. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 528 Not only to accomodate the poor and the needy, but to advance the public good. 1855 Rep. Explor. & Surv. Route for Railroad Mississippi River to Pacific Ocean (U.S. War Dept.) V. v. 58 Captain Gunnison..succeeded in purchasing horses from the Indians with the public goods which had been brought for that purpose. 1898 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 6 399 The expenses connected with the sale of public goods. 1961 V. Ostrom et al. in O. P. Williams Democracy in Urban Amer. xviii. 193 A public good on a neighborhood or community scale can be viewed as ‘packaged’ within appropriate boundaries so that others outside the boundaries may be excluded from its use. 1994 W. A. Bogart Courts & Country ii. 64 The restraint of individualism for the public good. < as lemmas |
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