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• n  (accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets)
• n  the friendly hope that something will succeed
• n  a disposition to kindness and compassion

• Since then, his work as a goodwill envoy has taken him to the homes of returning Afghan refugees and to camps in eastern Chad.
• As a team, actors Brad Pitt, 44, and Angelina Jolie, 32, have served as our goodwill ambassadors worldwide.
• There was a genuine atmosphere of trust and goodwill that summer of 2001, when a new era seemed to be upon us, with the Berlin Wall gone and the divisions of the past overcome.

• good will
• grace

News & Articles

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• Goodwill Offers Class for Job Seekers
  The Goodwill held its "Be Good to Yourself" Workshop on Monday in Machesney Park.
  June 18, 2013 - WIFR Rockford
• Goodwill Industries International Wins Maryland Environmental Leadership Award
  ROCKVILLE, Md., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Maryland Department of the Environment has awarded Goodwill Industries International with a 2013 Maryland Green Registry Leadership Award. Goodwill® was one of six award winners that have demonstrated a commitment to environmental sustainability and performance and leadership in the field. The other five award winners include Coca Cola ...
  June 18, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
• Goodwill store helps job seekers with self-esteem
  When most people think of Goodwill, they think of the second-hand stores that dot the nation. Revenue from the stores though actually helps pay for Goodwill’s larger mission of helping people find work.
  June 17, 2013 - Rockford Register Star

Quotes

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• Nicolas Cage in CBC.ca
  By all means, we have to give hope that we shall restore the city, return all the refugees and create all conditions for that. I think the entire world will be helping us, because we two peoples have the goodwill to live in peace and friendship... Roza Otunbayeva http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roza_Otunbayeva&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEc9dV5aMyuCeLMr5PT9Ngj7OTPKA CNN http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/06/18/uzbekistan.kyrgyzstan.violence/%3Fhpt%3DSbin&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHQJJd9K-Sc1D-j2nnqtlQoRgS8Lw Jun 18, 2010 42883 58917 goodwill My real life role as goodwill ambassador will certainly be even more challenging and meaningful than those I have portrayed on screen," said Cage who is an advocate for Amnesty International.
• Angelina Jolie in Guardian Unlimited
  There's lots of goodwill and lots of discussion, but there seems to be just a lot of talk at the moment,Jolie said in excerpts of an interview aired on CNN.