common good

English

Noun

common good (countable and uncountable, plural common goods)

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

Coordinate terms: private good, club good, public good
(Scotland) The corporate property of a burgh in Scotland.

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, Allgemeinwohl (de) n
Italian: bene comune
Japanese: 公益 (ja) (こうえき, kōeki)
Polish: dobro wspólne n
Portuguese: bem comum m
Russian: о́бщее бла́го n (óbščeje blágo)
Spanish: bien comúm m

a good that is rivalrous and nonexcludable

Finnish: yhteishyödyke, yhteinen hyvä, yhteinen omaisuus
French: bien commun (fr) m
Italian: risorse comuni

Further reading

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

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