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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



... affiliate); Chamber of Coffee Growers; Confederated Union of Workers or CUT (Communist Party affiliate); Costa Rican Confederation of Democratic Workers or CCTD (Liberation Party affiliate); Federation of Public Service Workers or FTSP; National Association for Economic Development or ANFE; National Association of Educators or ANDE; Rerum Novarum or CTRN ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States
... fell on the field. There was a terrible epidemic of fever, and he went about among the people doing them inestimable service in many ways. I could not go with him because of Geof, and,—I saw the end from the beginning. As I was saying, Pietro used to row us as long ago as that. He has carried Geof in his arms many a time. Ah! Now we ...
— A Venetian June • Anna Fuller
... I gone many a time in mine own country, and so I meant to lead my pupil now. Henry Fenwick rose joyously at the thought. Madame had made his service a little hard, and, what is worse, a little monotonous. He was but a boy, and needed not, she thought, the binding distractions which ...
— Bog-Myrtle and Peat - Tales Chiefly Of Galloway Gathered From The Years 1889 To 1895 • S.R. Crockett
... P., any person's works whose sacrifice you may require. I will cut him up, sir; I will flay him—flagellate him—finish him! You had better not send me (unless you have a private grudge against the authors, when I am of course at your service)—you had better not send me any works of real merit; for I am infallibly prepared to show that there is not any merit in them. I have not been one of the great unread for forty-three years, without turning my misfortunes to some account. Sir, I know how to make use of my adversity. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari. Vol. 1, July 31, 1841 • Various
... eleven o'clock, one of the grooms came out and bade make ready for the private closet, she would not go to the great. There we stayed long for her coming, but at last she had cushions laid for her in her privy-chamber hard by the closet door, and there she heard service. ...
— Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth • Lucy Aikin


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