good offices
plural noun
influence, especially with a person in a position of power: He got the job through the good offices of his uncle.
services rendered by a mediator in a dispute.
Origin of good offices
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby good offices
good nature,
good neighbor policy,
good news,
good night,
good off,
good offices,
good oil,
good ol' boy,
good old boy,
good people,
good question
Example sentences from the Web for good offices
He spoke of it to Grotius; who promised him his good-offices.
The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius |Jean Lvesque de BurignyIn the case stated above, I see first good-will and good-offices in one person; then ill-will and ill-offices in the other.
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals |David Hume