Service Definition
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English
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From Old French servise (French: service).
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Noun
service (plural services)
- An event in which an entity takes the responsibility that something desirable happens on the behalf of another entity.
- (economics) Action or work that is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
- Hair care is a service industry.
- (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.
- A 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.
- (law) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
- The service happened yesterday.
- 1668 July 3ʳᵈ, 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.
Usage notes
In British English, the indefinite article “a” is often used with “good service”, as in “A good service is operating on all London Underground lines,” while this is not used in American English.
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Verb
service (third-person singular simple present services, present participle servicing, simple 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, vulgar) To perform a sexual act.
- He was going to service her.
Translations
to serve
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Descendants
- Korean: 서비스 (seobiseu)
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Noun
service f. and m. (plural services, ??? please provide the diminutive!)
French
Etymology
From Old French servise, borrowed from Latin servitium, from servus.
Pronunciation
Noun
service m. (plural services)
Anagrams
Guernésiais
Etymology
From Old French servise, service, from Latin servitium, from servus.
Noun
service m. (plural services)
Old French
Noun
service m. (oblique plural services, nominative singular services, nominative plural service)
- Alternative form of servise.
Swedish
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Noun
service c.
- service, the level of comfort offered by assistants and servants (the opposite of self-service)
- maintenance and repair
- min bil är inne på service
- my car is at the workshop
- min bil är inne på service
Declension
Declension of service| uncountable | uncountable | |||
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| Common | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative | service | servicen | ||
| genitive | service | servicens | ||
Related terms
- fullservice
- kundservice
- serva
- serviceverkstad
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Service
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Look up service in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Service can refer toContents
Acts of service
- Administrative service, a part of the work load of university faculty
- Civil service, career employees of government
- Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community, or a punishment that may be imposed by a court
- Customer service, provision of assistance to customers or clients
- Table service
- Domestic service, employment in a residence
- Fan service, a Japanese term referring to something which is specifically designed to entertain fans
- Military service, a country's armed forces
- Public services, services carried out with the aim of providing a public good
- Selfless service, a service which is performed without any expectation of result or award.
- Service of process or police administration — and warrants, by Sheriffs in the United States
Economics
- Service (economics), the non-material equivalent of a good in economics and marketing
- Service sector, the tertiary sector of the economy
Media
- Service (film), a Filipino film
- Service (record label)
Religion
- Church service, Christian communal worship, often held in a church
- Divine Service (Lutheran), the public worship of Lutheran churches
- Service (music), musical settings for sections of a service of worship
- Service of worship, a meeting for the worship of a religious deity
Technology
- A program in the Services menu under Mac OS X that processes selected data
- Building services engineering
- Communications service provider
- Daemon (computer software), a background computer program in Unix
- Internet Relay Chat services, a set of features implemented in most modern Internet Relay Chat networks
- Internet service provider (ISP)
- Service (systems architecture), the provision of a discrete function within a systems environment
- Service layer
- Service mode, a hidden mode that can be entered by a code, giving access to service features
- Service-oriented architecture (SOA)
- Telecommunications service
- Value-added service or content service provided by communication service provider
- Web service, a software system to support interaction over a network
- Windows service, a background computer process belonging to no user in a Microsoft Windows system
Other
- Service (surname)
- Penetrant (mechanical, electrical, or structural), as defined by a building code
- Serve (tennis) or service, a shot to start a point in tennis
- Service (motor vehicle)
- Service of process, the delivery of a summons, complaint or other court petition
- Service Provider any company or individual that provides a service.
- Service Tree (Sorbus domestica), a species of tree
- Service High School, a public high school in Anchorage, Alaska
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