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Service   /sˈərvəs/  /sˈərvɪs/   Listen
Service

noun
1.
Work done by one person or group that benefits another.
2.
An act of help or assistance.  Antonym: disservice.
3.
The act of public worship following prescribed rules.  Synonyms: divine service, religious service.
4.
A company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation.
5.
Employment in or work for another.
6.
A force that is a branch of the armed forces.  Synonyms: armed service, military service.
7.
Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958).  Synonym: Robert William Service.
8.
A means of serving.  Synonyms: avail, help.  "There's no help for it"
9.
Tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table.  Synonym: table service.
10.
The act of mating by male animals.  Synonym: servicing.
11.
(law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him.
12.
(sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play.  Synonym: serve.
13.
The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone.  Synonyms: service of process, serving.
14.
Periodic maintenance on a car or machine.  Synonyms: inspection and repair, overhaul.
15.
The performance of duties by a waiter or servant.
verb
1.
Be used by; as of a utility.  Synonym: serve.  "The garage served to shelter his horses"
2.
Make fit for use.  "The washing machine needs to be serviced"
3.
Mate with.  Synonym: serve.



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"Service" Quotes from Famous Books



... mean—I mean," stammered Denzil, thinking from the surprised look of Miss Vrain that he had gone too far at so early a stage of their acquaintance. "I mean that as a briefless barrister I have ample time at my command, and I shall only be too happy to place it and myself at your service. And moreover," he added in a lighter tone, "I have some selfish interest in the matter, also, for it is not every one who finds so difficult a riddle as this to solve. I shall never rest easy in my mind until I unravel the whole ...
— The Silent House • Fergus Hume
... in the Lausitz, are a good deal disturbed by Austrian Tolpatcheries; and do feats, heroic in the small way, in smiting down that rabble. A valuable Officer or two is lost in such poor service, poor but indispensable; [Funeral Discourses (of a very curious, ponderous and serious tone), in Gesammelte Nachrichten, ii. 458, 464, &c.] and the troops have not always the repose which is intended them. Lieutenant-Colonel Loudon (Scotch by ...
— History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVII. (of XXI.) - Frederick The Great--The Seven-Years War: First Campaign--1756-1757. • Thomas Carlyle
... inquisitor. "I think you knew her in England. Is it not true that you took her from the service of a railroad hotel and found a house for her on ...
— Lorimer of the Northwest • Harold Bindloss
... being nothing in the apartment save the bed upon which I lay, a large old-fashioned wardrobe, a dressing-table, a small round table by my bedside, and two massive carved chairs upholstered in stamped leather which showed signs of having seen many years of service. It was night, apparently, for the only illumination came from a large handsome lamp that had the appearance of being wrought out of silver. One of the two chairs in the room stood by the side of my bed, and was occupied by a very respectable-looking ...
— A Middy of the King - A Romance of the Old British Navy • Harry Collingwood
... Agent, Canadian Pacific Ocean Service, appreciation for assistance in transportation ...
— Across Mongolian Plains - A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' • Roy Chapman Andrews


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