Definition of service

noun (n)

• work done by one person or group that benefits another (noun.act)

  Example:
  Budget separately for goods and services.
  

  source: wordnet30
• an act of help or assistance (noun.act)

  Antonym: disservice, ill service, ill turn
  

  Example:
  He did them a service.
  

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• the act of public worship following prescribed rules (noun.act)

  Synonym: divine service, religious service
  

  Example:
  The Sunday service.
  

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

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• employment in or work for another (noun.act)

  Example:
  He retired after 30 years of service.
  

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• a force that is a branch of the armed forces (noun.group)

  Synonym: armed service, military service
  

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

  Synonym: robert william service
  

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• a means of serving (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: avail, help
  

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

  Synonym: table service
  

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• the act of mating by male animals (noun.act)

  Synonym: servicing
  

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• (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.act)

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• (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play (noun.act)

  Synonym: serve
  

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• the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone (noun.act)

  Synonym: service of process, serving
  

  Example:
  He accepted service of the subpoena.
  

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• periodic maintenance on a car or machine (noun.act)

  Synonym: inspection and repair, overhaul
  

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• the performance of duties by a waiter or servant (noun.act)

  Example:
  That restaurant has excellent service.
  

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• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• be used by; as of a utility (verb.social)

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• make fit for use (verb.change)

  Example:
  Service my truck.
  The washing machine needs to be serviced.
  

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• mate with (verb.contact)

  Synonym: serve, tread
  

  source: wordnet30

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