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    Serv·ice
    /ˈsərvəs/

    noun

    • 1. the action of helping or doing work for someone: "millions are involved in voluntary service" Similar act of assistancegood turnfavorkindness
    • 2. assistance or advice given to customers during and after the sale of goods: "they aim to provide better quality of service"

    verb

    • 1. perform routine maintenance or repair work on (a vehicle or machine): "have your car serviced regularly" Similar overhaulservicingmaintenance checkroutine check
    • 2. (of a male animal) mate with (a female animal): "one dog could presumably service several bitches in a day"
  2. The meaning of SERVICE is the occupation or function of serving. How to use service in a sentence.

  3. the supplying or supplier of utilities or commodities, as water, electricity, or gas, required or demanded by the public. The manufacturer guarantees service and parts. a television repair service. the supplying or a supplier of public communication and transportation: bus service.

  4. a government system or private organization that is responsible for a particular type of activity, or for providing a particular thing that people need: the postal service. US the National Park Service. UK the National Health Service. UK the ambulance / prison service.

  5. If you perform duties that help someone else, you're providing a service. If you make dinner for your neighbor's children while she's in the hospital, you're doing a good service. Service has many uses, all having to do with serving someone, or doing something for them.

  6. Define service. service synonyms, service pronunciation, service translation, English dictionary definition of service. n. 1. a. Work that is done for others as an occupation or business: has done service for us as a consultant. b. The performance of work or duties for a...

  7. service. [countable] a system that provides something that the public needs, organized by the government or a private company. The government aims to improve public services, especially education. Essential services (= the supply of water, gas, electricity) will be maintained.

  8. A service is something that the public needs, such as transport, communications facilities, hospitals, or energy supplies, which is provided in a planned and organized way by the government or an official body. Britain still boasts the cheapest postal service.

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