service | the performance of duties by a waiter or servant, that restaurant has excellent service |
curb service | service provided to customers who remain in their vehicles |
self-service | the practice of serving yourself (as in a grocery or cafeteria) |
laying waste ruin ruining ruination wrecking | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined |
overhaul inspection and repair service | periodic maintenance on a car or machine, it was time for an overhaul on the tractor |
service serving service of process | the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone, he accepted service of the subpoena |
service cutback | the act of reducing service |
serve service | (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play, his powerful serves won the game |
service | work done by one person or group that benefits another, budget separately for goods and services |
consulting service | service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) |
advisory service | a consulting service in which a CPA develops findings and conclusions and recommendations that are presented to the client for consideration and decision making |
attestation service attestation report | a consulting service in which a CPA expresses a conclusion about the reliability of a written statement that is the responsibility of someone else |
national service | compulsory service in the military during peacetime |
service | (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 |
military service | land tenure by service in the lord's army |
knight's service | land tenure by service to the lord as a knight |
welfare work social service | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society |
service | employment in or work for another, he retired afteryears of service |
public service | employment within a government system (especially in the civil service) |
sea-duty service abroad shipboard duty | naval service aboard a ship at sea |
servicing service | the act of mating by male animals, the bull was worth good money in servicing fees |
extension extension service university extension | an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students |
service religious service divine service | the act of public worship following prescribed rules, the Sunday service |
church service church | a service conducted in a house of worship, don't be late for church |
prayer meeting prayer service | a service at which people sing hymns and pray together |
chapel service chapel | a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar, he was late for chapel |
committal service | service committing a body to the grave, the committal service will be held next Monday |
conscription muster draft selective service | compulsory military service |
service | an act of help or assistance, he did them a service |
disservice ill service ill turn | an act intended to help that turns out badly, he did them a disservice |
community service | an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence |
community service public service | a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions |
inter-service support | action by one military service to provide logistic (or administrative) support to another military service |
service call | a trip made by a repairman to visit the location of something in need of service |
cable cable television cable system cable television service | a television system that transmits over cables |
crowbar wrecking bar pry pry bar | a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge |
dinner service dinner set | a table service for serving dinner |
freight elevator service elevator | an elevator designed for carrying freight |
frontage road service road | a local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to property |
garage service department | a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired |
kepi peaked cap service cap yachting cap | a cap with a flat circular top and a visor |
service table service | tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table |
service club | a recreational center for servicemen |
service door service entrance servant's entrance | an entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuse |
service station | a station where gasoline and oil are sold and facilities are available for repairing or maintaining automobiles |
tea service tea set | a set of china or silverware for serving tea |
longevity length of service | duration of service, her longevity as a star, had unusual longevity in the company |
combat ceiling service ceiling | altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rate |
avail help service | a means of serving, of no avail, there's no help for it |
mail mail service postal service post | the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office, the mail handles billions of items every day, he works for the United States mail service, in England they call mail `the post' |