good offices en · NOUN
Etymology
To clarify the intended sense of office (“kindness, service”) and to distinguish from antonyms such as ill offices.
Meanings
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(plural, plural-normally) The beneficial services and acts of a third party, particularly mediation between two parties in a dispute.
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.
1964, Tong Tekong, “The Marshall Mission and Its Failure”, in United States Diplomacy in China, 1844-60, Seattle: University of Washington Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 130–131:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| good office | Number=Sing | lexicographic |
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Translations (18)
sh писарница (good offices) · fr bon office (good offices) · fi apu (good offices) · nl goede diensten (m pl, conciliatory mediation) (good offices) · nl invloed (good offices) · ru по́мощь (good offices) · sh uprava (good offices) · fr bons offices (concilatory mediation) (good offices) · lv pakalpojums (good offices) · io bonfaco (good offices) · ko 돌봄 (good offices) · ru услу́га (good offices) · ko 친절 (good offices) · ro bune oficii (good offices) · fi avunanto (good offices) · pt mediação (good offices) · sh управа (good offices) · sh pisarnica (good offices)