Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

good offices

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables: good of-fices
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The beneficial services and acts of a third party, particularly mediation between two parties in a dispute.

Example Sentences

"Marshall’s concern over Russia was to prove itself not without foundation. The Russians were already exploring areas along the Amur River, and only seven years after Marshall’s warning, Russia acquired an important tract of land between the Ussuri and the sea (including the city of Hai-ts’an-wei^([sic – meaning Hai-shen-wei]), later changed to Vladivostok) as a reward for her good offices during the Anglo-French Chinese war of 1858-60."

Etymology

To clarify the intended sense of office (“kindness, service”) and to distinguish from antonyms such as ill offices.

Inflected Forms

good office (singular)

Synonyms

office kindness service

Antonyms

ill offices evil offices

Questions

What does good offices mean?: The beneficial services and acts of a third party, particularly mediation between two parties in a dispute.
Where does good offices come from?: To clarify the intended sense of office (“kindness, service”) and to distinguish from antonyms such as ill offices.

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