service

  • (noun): An act of being of assistance to someone.
  • (noun): The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.
  • (noun): A department in a company, an organization, a government department, etc.
  • (noun): A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
  • (noun): The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group
  • (noun): The military.
  • (noun): A set of dishes or utensils.
  • (noun): The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
  • (noun): A religious rite or ritual.
  • (noun): The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
  • (noun): (Israel, West Bank, also in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
  • (noun): A musical composition for use in churches.
  • (noun): Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
  • (noun): The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
  • (verb): To serve.
  • (verb): To perform maintenance.
  • (verb): To inseminate through sexual intercourse
  • (verb): To perform a sexual act.
  • I say I did him a service by ending our relationship – now he can freely pursue his career.
  • Hair care is a service industry.
  • This machine provides the name service for the LAN.
  • Lancelot was at the service of King Arthur.
  • I did three years in the service before coming here.