service
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
service
- An act#Noun|act of being of assistance to someone.
- I say I did him a service by ending our relationship – now he can freely pursue his career.
- 1794, Robert Southey, Wat Tyler. A Dramatic Poem. In Three Acts, London: Printed [by J. M‘Creery] for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, […], published 1817, OCLC 362102 ↗, Act I, page 7 ↗:
- The Parliament for ever cries more money, / The service of the state demands more money. / Just heaven! of what service is the state?
- (economics) The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.
- Hair care is a service industry.
- A department in a company, an organization, a government department, etc.
- (computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
- This machine provides the name service for the LAN.
- The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group
- Lancelot was at the service of King Arthur.
- The military.
- I did three years in the service before coming here.
- anchor silverwareA set of dishes or utensils.
- She brought out the silver tea service.
- (sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
- The player had four service faults in the set.
- A religious rite or ritual.
- The funeral service was touching.
- (legal) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
- 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548 ↗:
- He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner.
- The service happened yesterday.
- 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548 ↗:
- (Israel, West Bank, also in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
- A musical composition for use in churches.
- (obsolete) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
- 1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene i]:
- Pray, do my service to his majesty.
- (nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
- German: Service
- Russian: услу́га
- French: service
- German: Dienstleistung
- Italian: servizio
- Portuguese: serviço
- Russian: слу́жба
- Spanish: servicio
- French: service
- German: Dienst, Wehrdienst
- Portuguese: serviço
- Russian: слу́жба
- French: service
- German: Gottesdienst
- Portuguese: cerimónia (Portugal), cerimônia (Brazil), rito
- Russian: слу́жба
service (services, present participle servicing; past and past participle serviced)
- (transitive) To serve.
- They service the customer base.
- (transitive) To perform maintenance.
- He is going to service the car.
- (transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse
- (transitive, vulgar) To perform a sexual act.
- He was going to service her.
- (to serve) attend, wait on; See also Thesaurus:serve
- (to perform a sexual act) be with, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
service (plural services)
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