service

  • 31service — serv|ice1 [ sɜrvıs ] noun *** ▸ 1 system to meet needs ▸ 2 help/advice ▸ 3 doing government work ▸ 4 work/duties done for someone ▸ 5 organization giving help ▸ 6 religious ceremony ▸ 7 money to help pay waiter ▸ 8 use/benefit object gives ▸ 9 of …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 32service — 1 noun FOR THE PUBLIC 1 public services (countable often plural) things such as education, hospitals, banks etc that are provided for the public to use: the decline in public services in recent times | the welfare/medical/social etc service… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33service — I UK [ˈsɜː(r)vɪs] / US [ˈsɜrvɪs] noun Word forms service : singular service plural services *** 1) [countable] a system provided by a government or official organization for the needs of the public the police/ambulance service See: health service …

    English dictionary

  • 34Service — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Service », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Nom commun Du latin servitium , état d… …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 35service — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French servise, from Latin servitium condition of a slave, body of slaves, from servus slave Date: 13th century 1. a. the occupation or function of serving < in active service > b. employment as a&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 36Service — Dienstleistung; Tafelgeschirr * * * 1Ser|vice [zɛr vi:s], das; oder s, : in Form, Farbe und Muster aufeinander abgestimmtes mehrteiliges Ess oder Kaffeegeschirr: zur Hochzeit bekamen sie ein wertvolles Service. Syn.: ↑ Geschirr. Zus.: Essservice …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 37service — /ˈsɜvəs / (say servuhs) noun 1. an act of helpful activity. 2. the supplying or supplier of any articles, commodities, activities, etc., required or demanded. 3. the providing of, or a provider of, a public need, such as communications, transport …

  • 38Service — Das Wort Service wurde zu verschiedenen Zeitpunkten aus dem Englischen und aus dem Französischen ins Deutsche übernommen und hat in all diesen Sprachen die Grundbedeutung Dienst . Der Service (engl., [ˈsøːɐ̰vɪs]), in Österreich auch das Service,&#8230; …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 39service — I serv•ice [[t]ˈsɜr vɪs[/t]] n. adj. v. iced, ic•ing 1) an act of helpful activity; help; aid 2) the supplying or supplier of utilities, commodities, or other facilities that meet a public need, as water, electricity, communication, or&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 40Service — /serr vis/, n. Robert W(illiam), 1874 1958, Canadian writer, born in England. * * * (as used in expressions) Public Broadcasting Service civil service domestic service foreign service diplomatic service Internal Revenue Service …

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