Service

['sɜːvɪs] or ['sɝvɪs]

Definition

(noun.) the performance of duties by a waiter or servant; 'that restaurant has excellent service'.

(noun.) the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; 'he accepted service of the subpoena'.

(noun.) work done by one person or group that benefits another; 'budget separately for goods and services'.

(noun.) (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.

(noun.) employment in or work for another; 'he retired after 30 years of service'.

(noun.) the act of public worship following prescribed rules; 'the Sunday service'.

(noun.) an act of help or assistance; 'he did them a service'.

(noun.) tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table.

(noun.) a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation.

(noun.) Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958).

(verb.) make fit for use; 'service my truck'; 'the washing machine needs to be serviced'.

(verb.) be used by; as of a utility; 'The sewage plant served the neighboring communities'; 'The garage served to shelter his horses'.

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Definition

(-) Alt. of Service

(-) A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries.

(n.) The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love.

(n.) The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office.

(n.) Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service.

(n.) Hence, a musical composition for use in churches.

(n.) Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier.

(n.) Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail.

(n.) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.

(n.) The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass.

(n.) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp/na or an attachment.

(n.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc.

(n.) The act of serving the ball.

(n.) Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13.

Edited by Craig

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Labor (for another), work.[2]. Duty, office, business, employment.[3]. Benefit, advantage, profit, gain, good, use, utility, avail.[4]. Homage, mark of respect.[5]. Office of devotion, religious rite.[6]. Military duty.

Editor: Rudolf

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Labor, employment, advantage, use, utility, benefit,[See ADVANTAGE]

Typist: Murray

Definition

n. condition or occupation of a servant: a working for another: duty required in any office: military or naval duty: any liturgical form or office public religious worship religious ceremonial: a musical composition for devotional purposes: labour assistance or kindness to another: benefit: profession of respect: order of dishes at table or a set of them: official function use employment: that which is furnished: a tree of rarely more than 30 feet high with leaves and flowers like the Rowan-tree but the former downy beneath—also Sorb.—ns. Serviceabil′ity Ser′viceableness.—adj. Ser′viceable able or willing to serve: advantageous: useful: capable of rendering long service durable.—adv. Ser′viceably.—ns. Ser′vice-berr′y a berry of the service-tree: (Scot.) the fruit of the white beam: a North American shrub the shadbush; Ser′vice-book a book of forms of religious service: a prayer-book; Ser′vice-box a form of expansion joint used in street-mains of steam-heating systems; Ser′vice-clean′er a portable air-compressing pump and receiver for service-pipes; Ser′vice-line one of two lines drawn across the court twenty-one feet from the net in lawn-tennis; Ser′vice-mag′azine a magazine for storing ammunition for immediate use; Ser′vice-pipe a smaller pipe from a main-pipe to a dwelling; Ser′vice-tree a tree of the pear family with close-grained wood and an edible fruit; Ser′ving-mall′et a piece of wood having a groove on one side to fit the convexity of a rope; Din′ner-ser′vice a full set of dishes for dinner; Tā′ble-ser′vice a set of utensils for the table; Wild′-ser′vice a small species of service-tree cultivated in England for its fruit and wood.—Service of an heir (Scots law) a proceeding before a jury to determine the heir of a person deceased.—Active service service of a soldier &c. in the field against an enemy; At your service a phrase of civility; Have seen service to have been in active military service: to have been put to hard use; Plain service in Anglican usage an office which is simply read.

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