'Service' definitions:
Definition of 'service'
From: WordNet
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Work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services"
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The act of public worship following prescribed rules; "the Sunday service" [syn: service, religious service, divine service]
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A company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
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Employment in or work for another; "he retired after 30 years of service"
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A force that is a branch of the armed forces [syn: military service, armed service, service]
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Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958) [syn: Service, Robert William Service]
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Tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table [syn: service, table service]
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The act of mating by male animals; "the bull was worth good money in servicing fees" [syn: servicing, service]
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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
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(sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play; "his powerful serves won the game" [syn: serve, service]
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The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; "he accepted service of the subpoena" [syn: service, serving, service of process]
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Periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor" [syn: overhaul, inspection and repair, service]
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The performance of duties by a waiter or servant; "that restaurant has excellent service"
verb
Be used by; as of a utility; "The sewage plant served the neighboring communities"; "The garage served to shelter his horses" [syn: service, serve]
verb
Make fit for use; "service my truck"; "the washing machine needs to be serviced"
verb
Mate with; "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes" [syn: serve, service]
Definition of 'Service'
From: GCIDE
- Service \Serv"ice\, n., or Service \Serv"ice\ [Properly, the tree which bears serve, OE. serves, pl., service berries, AS. syrfe service tree; akin to L. sorbus.] (Bot.) A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and Pyrus 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. [1913 Webster]
- Service berry (Bot.), the fruit of any kind of service tree. In British America the name is especially applied to that of the several species or varieties of the shad bush (Amelanchier.) [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Service'
From: GCIDE
- Service \Serv"ice\, n., or Service \Serv"ice\ [Properly, the tree which bears serve, OE. serves, pl., service berries, AS. syrfe service tree; akin to L. sorbus.] (Bot.) A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and Pyrus 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. [1913 Webster]
- Service berry (Bot.), the fruit of any kind of service tree. In British America the name is especially applied to that of the several species or varieties of the shad bush (Amelanchier.) [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Service'
From: GCIDE
- Service \Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See Serve.]
- 1. 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. "O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom." --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster]
- Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office. [1913 Webster]
- I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service. [1913 Webster]
- The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. [1913 Webster]
- 5. 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. [1913 Webster]
- When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail. [1913 Webster]
- The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. "Pray, do my service to his majesty." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 8. 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. [1913 Webster]
- There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. --Hakewill. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment. [1913 Webster]
- 10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball. [1913 Webster]
- 12. Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13. [1913 Webster]
- Service book, a prayer book or missal.
- Service line (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it.
- Service of a writ, process, etc. (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode.
- Service of an attachment (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction.
- Service of an execution (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant.
- Service pipe, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson.
- To accept service. (Law) See under Accept.
- To see service (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'service'
From: GCIDE
- Rounding \Round"ing\, n.
- 1. (Naut.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Phonetics) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 11. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'service'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a la carte,
- accommodation,
- account,
- acquiescence,
- act of grace,
- act of kindness,
- action,
- active service,
- activities,
- activity,
- advantage,
- advice,
- affair,
- affairs,
- agency,
- aid,
- air force,
- allegiance,
- amenities,
- American plan,
- antepast,
- applicability,
- appointment,
- appropriateness,
- arm,
- armed forces,
- army,
- assignment,
- assistance,
- attendance,
- avail,
- baccalaureate service,
- bag,
- ball,
- be intimate,
- bedtime prayer,
- behalf,
- behoof,
- benefaction,
- benefit,
- benevolence,
- benignity,
- berth,
- billet,
- blessing,
- bowl,
- branch,
- business,
- busywork,
- camp meeting,
- care,
- cast,
- celebration,
- ceremonial,
- ceremony,
- change of pace,
- change-up,
- chare,
- charge,
- checking,
- chore,
- chuck,
- chunk,
- church,
- church service,
- cobble,
- cohabit,
- combat,
- come together,
- comfort,
- commencement,
- commerce,
- commission,
- commit adultery,
- compliance,
- compline,
- concern,
- concernment,
- condition,
- conformity,
- convenience,
- convocation,
- copulate,
- couple,
- course,
- courtesy,
- couvert,
- cover,
- cover charge,
- curve,
- darn,
- dessert,
- device,
- devotions,
- diddle,
- dish,
- dispensation,
- divine service,
- do up,
- doctor,
- downcurve,
- duteousness,
- dutifulness,
- duty,
- ease,
- employ,
- employment,
- empty formality,
- engagement,
- enterprise,
- entree,
- entremets,
- errand,
- European plan,
- evening devotions,
- evensong,
- exercise,
- exercises,
- expedient,
- faith,
- fastball,
- favor,
- fealty,
- fighting,
- fish to fry,
- fitness,
- fix,
- fix up,
- fling,
- flip,
- form,
- form of worship,
- formal,
- formality,
- formula,
- formulary,
- fornicate,
- forward pass,
- frig,
- function,
- gear,
- gig,
- going between,
- good deed,
- good offices,
- good turn,
- grace,
- graduation,
- graduation exercises,
- handling,
- have sex,
- have sexual relations,
- heave,
- help,
- helping,
- holy rite,
- homage,
- homework,
- hurl,
- inaugural,
- inauguration,
- incumbency,
- incurve,
- indulgence,
- inferiority,
- initiation,
- institution,
- instrumentality,
- interest,
- intermediation,
- job,
- job of work,
- juniority,
- kind deed,
- kind offices,
- kindly act,
- kindness,
- knuckleball,
- labor,
- labor of love,
- lateral,
- lateral pass,
- lauds,
- lay,
- lie with,
- liturgy,
- lob,
- lookout,
- lower status,
- loyalty,
- machinery,
- maintenance,
- make it with,
- make love,
- make out,
- make-work,
- marines,
- Mass,
- mate,
- matins,
- matter,
- matters in hand,
- mechanism,
- mediation,
- meeting,
- mend,
- mending,
- mercy,
- military,
- ministration,
- ministry,
- mission,
- mitzvah,
- mode of worship,
- moonlighting,
- morning devotions,
- mount,
- mummery,
- mystery,
- national service,
- navy,
- night song,
- none,
- nones,
- novena,
- obedience,
- obediency,
- obligation,
- observance,
- occupation,
- odd job,
- office,
- offices,
- opening,
- order of worship,
- ordinance,
- ordinary,
- outcurve,
- overhaul,
- pass,
- patch,
- patch up,
- peg,
- peonage,
- percentage,
- performance,
- piece of work,
- pitch,
- place,
- plate,
- point,
- portion,
- position,
- post,
- practice,
- praise meeting,
- prayer,
- prayer meeting,
- prayers,
- prescribed form,
- prime,
- prime song,
- profit,
- project,
- protection,
- public worship,
- put,
- put in commission,
- put in order,
- put in repair,
- put in shape,
- ready,
- recap,
- recondition,
- recourse,
- relevance,
- relief,
- religious ceremony,
- remedy,
- repair,
- rescue,
- resort,
- retread,
- revival,
- revival meeting,
- rig,
- rigging,
- rite,
- rite de passage,
- rite of passage,
- ritual,
- ritual observance,
- rituality,
- ropework,
- roping,
- running rigging,
- sacrament,
- sacramental,
- satellite status,
- screw,
- screwball,
- second helping,
- second job,
- selective service,
- self-service,
- serfdom,
- serve,
- serviceability,
- services,
- servility,
- serving,
- servitium,
- servitorship,
- servitude,
- set to rights,
- sew up,
- sext,
- shot-put,
- shy,
- sinker,
- situation,
- slavery,
- sleep with,
- slider,
- sling,
- solemnity,
- solemnization,
- spitball,
- spitter,
- standing rigging,
- station,
- stint,
- subjecthood,
- submission,
- submissiveness,
- subordinacy,
- subordinate role,
- subordination,
- subservience,
- subserviency,
- succor,
- suit and service,
- suit service,
- support,
- tackle,
- tackling,
- talents,
- task,
- tendance,
- tent meeting,
- tenure,
- therapy,
- thing,
- things to do,
- throw,
- tierce,
- tinker,
- tinker up,
- toss,
- turn,
- undersong,
- undertaking,
- upcurve,
- usage,
- use,
- usefulness,
- utility,
- utilization,
- vacancy,
- value,
- vesper,
- vespers,
- vigils,
- waiting,
- watch meeting,
- watch night,
- watch-night service,
- whipping,
- willingness,
- work,
- worship,
- worth
Words containing 'Service'
- Serviceable,
- Serviceableness,
- Serviceably,
- serviceability,
- services,
- servicing,
- Bond service,
- Bord service,
- Burial service,
- Choir service,
- Choral service,
- Civil service,
- Communion service,
- Free services,
- Heriot service,
- Knight service,
- Knight's service,
- Land service,
- Lip service,
- Preventive service,
- Rent service,
- Secret Service,
- Service berry,
- Service book,
- Service cap,
- Service elevator,
- Service entrance,
- Service hat,
- Service line,
- Service of a writ,
- Service of an attachment,
- Service of an execution,
- Service pipe,
- Service station,
- Service uniform,
- Suit and service,
- Suit service,
- Tea service,
- The signal service,
- To accept service,
- To see service,
- Toilet service,
- Wild service,
- advisory service,
- armed service,
- armed services,
- attestation service,
- bus service,
- chapel service,
- church service,
- committal service,
- community service,
- consulting service,
- curb service,
- customs service,
- debt service,
- dinner service,
- diplomatic service,
- divine service,
- extension service,
- foreign service,
- gas service,
- ill service,
- intelligence service,
- length of service,
- mail service,
- military service,
- national service,
- phone service,
- postal service,
- power service,
- prayer service,
- public service,
- religious service,
- security service,
- selective service,
- service abroad,
- service agency,
- service area,
- service break,
- service bureau,
- service call,
- service ceiling,
- service charge,
- service club,
- service contract,
- service cutback,
- service department,
- service door,
- service fee,
- service firm,
- service industry,
- service man,
- service of process,
- service program,
- service road,
- service routine,
- service staff,
- service stripe,
- service tree,
- social service,
- table service,
- telephone service,
- wire service,
- Citizens Radio Service,
- Civil Service Commission,
- Civil Service Reform,
- To muster troops into service,
- To muster troops out of service,
- cable television service,
- child welfare service,
- distinguished service cross,
- distinguished service medal,
- distinguished service order,
- electronic information service,
- federal protective service,
- federal security service,
- financial management service,
- foreign intelligence service,
- full service bank,
- general security services,
- general services administration,
- health and human services,
- immigration and naturalization service,
- internal revenue service,
- iraqi intelligence service,
- national park service,
- national weather service,
- robert william service,
- secret intelligence service,
- selective service system,
- self-service,
- special air service,
- us marshals service,
- us postal service,
- us secret service,
- use of goods and services,
- web map service,
- wild service tree,
- Merchant service or Merchant marine,
- Public-service corporation,
- canadian security intelligence service,
- criminal intelligence services of canada,
- defense reutilization and marketing service,
- department of health and human services,
- ground-service crew,
- inter-service support,
- inter-services intelligence,
- national technical information service,
- secretary of health and human services,
- united states marshals service,
- united states postal service,
- united states secret service,
- us fish and wildlife service,
- us postal inspection service,
- directorate for inter-services intelligence,
- united states fish and wildlife service,
- united states postal inspection service,
- united states public health service