common good

common good (countable and uncountable, plural common goods)

1. The general interest of the population as a whole.

   Synonyms: public interest, public good

2. (economics) A good that is rivalrous and nonexcludable.

   Synonyms: CPR, common-pool resource

   Coordinate terms: private good, club good, public good

3. (Scotland) The corporate property of a burgh in Scotland.

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