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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.
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



... farm fire of an evening. They talked about books and opinions and men with all the omniscience of youth; but the two girls of the household held their own with them. Ah, Kate M'Intyre, you did me much friendly service in tying flies for me that summer, and teaching me something of the craft of fishing; but you did a far more enduring service in helping me to see that one does not need towns and libraries to grow the fine flower of wholesome ...
— The Quest of the Simple Life • William J. Dawson
... business," he said, half smiling, "there is only one thing clear, grandfather, and that is, that, if you will, you can do me a great service with ...
— Marcella • Mrs. Humphry Ward
... records by making the passage from Queenstown to New York in 4 days 10 hours and 47 minutes. But they are closely pursued by the White Star greyhounds such as the Oceanic, the Celtic and the Cedric, steamships of world wide fame for service, appointments, and equipment. Yet at the present writing the Cunard Company has another vessel on the stocks, to be named the Falconia which in measurements will eclipse the other two and which they are confident will make the Atlantic trip inside ...
— Marvels of Modern Science • Paul Severing
... been obtained, Mr. March said that he had a proposition to lay before the company. It was that he should superintend the setting up of the mill machinery and its running for one year, for which service he should receive a salary of one hundred dollars. He also said that if the company saw fit to accept this offer he would at once subscribe the one hundred dollars salary to its capital stock in addition to the sum ...
— Wakulla - A Story of Adventure in Florida • Kirk Munroe
... with THAT you never broke. Clean hands and a pure heart, these, with a sacred cake and shining grains of salt, you could offer to the Lares. It was a benignant religion, uniting old times and new, men living and men long dead and gone, in a kind of service and ...
— Letters to Dead Authors • Andrew Lang


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