good offices

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Definitions of good offices words

phrase good offices Someone's good offices are the help that they give to other people who are trying to achieve something. 0
noun plural good offices the help that a person can give to other people who are trying to achieve something 0

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Origin of good offices

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

First recorded in 1900-05

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Parts of speech for Good offices

noun

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preposition

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determiner

exclamation

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good offices popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for good offices

noun good offices

aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
instrumentality — the quality or state of being instrumental.
intervention — the act or fact of intervening.
support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
coattails — If you do something on the coattails of someone else, you are able to do it because of the other person's success, and not because of your own efforts.

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