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      service
      noun
      An act of being of assistance to someone.
      The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.
      (elliptical, uncountable) Work as a member of the military.
      (economics) The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.
      (business) Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).
      A department in a company, organization, or institution.
      (computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
      (with the) The military.
      A set of dishes or utensils.
      (sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
      A religious rite or ritual.
      (law) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
      (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.
      A musical composition for use in churches.
      (nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
      Access to resources such as hotel rooms and Web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.
      Service tree.
      The sorb; the fruit of this tree.
      An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Missouri, United States.
      A surname.
      (obsolete) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
      verb
      (transitive) To serve.
      (transitive) To perform maintenance.
      (public relations, transitive) To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.
      (transitive) To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).
      (transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
      (transitive, vulgar) To perform a sexual act upon.
      (transitive, military, euphemistic) To attack.
      Roots
      servioserv- · Latin · serve
      Synonyms for service
      servingnavailnministrationndutynmaintenancen
      Words related to service
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