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common good

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the part of the property of a Scottish burgh, in the form of land or funds, that is at the disposal of the community

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common good - the good of a community

commonweal

good - benefit; "for your own good"; "what's the good of worrying?"

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agreement common commonly commonness Commons commonweal commonwealth communal community association community service for good good good and goods in common individual internationalism joint New Right			The sense of the value of "ruling and being ruled in turn" is derived from the experience that the ruler may use his power to subordinate the lives of the citizens of the state not to the common good but to his own private purposes. A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context Not to do the honours of her house with common good breeding Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context He had not his full share in the common good of men; he could not even pass muster with the insignificant, but must be singled out for pity, and excepted from what was a matter of course with others. The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context			common elder Common Entrance Common Era common European ash common European dogwood common European earwig common European jay common evening primrose common facial vein common factor common fate common fault common fee common fennel common fig common fig tree common flat pea common four-o'clock common foxglove common fraction common front common garden cress common garter snake common gender common ginger common good common grackle common grape hyacinth common grape vine common ground common gum cistus common heath common hop common hops common horehound common horsetail common hyacinth common iguana common iliac artery common iliac vein Common in gross Common informer common infrastructure common item common ivy common jasmine common juniper common kingsnake common knowledge common laburnum common lady's-slipper			Common Gateway Interface Common Gateway Interface Daemon Common Gateway Interface. Common Gateway Interface. Common Gateway Protocol Common Gateway System common gender common gender Common Genet Common Genet Common Genet common genets common genets common genets Common Geographic Reference System Common Geometry Module Common Geopositioning Services Common Geospatial-Intelligence System Common Germanic common ginger Common Glasswort Common Glasswort Common Global Ministries Board common gnats common gnats common gnats Common golden thistle common goldeneyes common goldeneyes Common goldstar common good Common Good (organization) Common Good Planning Center Common Gorse Common Gorse Common Government-Wide Accounting Classification Common GPS common grackle common grackle common grackles common grackles common grackles Common Grant Application Common Grant Application Format common grape hyacinth common grape vine Common Graphics Environment Common Graphics System Common Grasshopper Warbler Common Gray Fox Common Gray Fox Common Green Frog Common Greenbriar Common Greenshank Common Greenshank common grenadiers common grenadiers Common Grid Reference System Common Griffon Vulture Common gromwell common ground

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