good offices

plural noun

1. influence, especially with a person in a position of power:

   He got the job through the good offices of his uncle.

2. services rendered by a mediator in a dispute.

Word History and Origins

Origin of good offices¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

He urged, that it would flatter the peculiarities of her character, and might conciliate her good offices for his liberty.

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I proceeded to scrutinise with close attention the strange being, by whose good offices such unlikely adventures had befallen me.

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At any rate, in the second sense he energetically applied the principle in his Good Offices.

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When in distress, the Fanti has a claim upon the good offices of his tribe.

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The good offices of an uncle were invoked on his behalf, and somewhat grudgingly given.

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