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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
service n 1: work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" 2: an act of help or assistance; "he did them a service" [ant: disservice, ill service, ill turn] 3: the act of public worship following prescribed rules; "the Sunday service" [syn: service, religious service, divine service] 4: a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation 5: employment in or work for another; "he retired after 30 years of service" 6: a force that is a branch of the armed forces [syn: military service, armed service, service] 7: Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958) [syn: Service, Robert William Service] 8: a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it" [syn: avail, help, service] 9: tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table [syn: service, table service] 10: the act of mating by male animals; "the bull was worth good money in servicing fees" [syn: servicing, service] 11: (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 12: (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play; "his powerful serves won the game" [syn: serve, service] 13: the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; "he accepted service of the subpoena" [syn: service, serving, service of process] 14: periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor" [syn: overhaul, inspection and repair, service] 15: the performance of duties by a waiter or servant; "that restaurant has excellent service" v 1: be used by; as of a utility; "The sewage plant served the neighboring communities"; "The garage served to shelter his horses" [syn: service, serve] 2: make fit for use; "service my truck"; "the washing machine needs to be serviced" 3: mate with; "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes" [syn: serve, service] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Service \Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See Serve.] 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. "O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom." --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster] Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service. --Shak. [1913 Webster] God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] 2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office. [1913 Webster] I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. --Shak. [1913 Webster] This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service. [1913 Webster] The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. [1913 Webster] 5. Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier. [1913 Webster] When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail. [1913 Webster] The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] 7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. "Pray, do my service to his majesty." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 8. The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass. [1913 Webster] There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. --Hakewill. [1913 Webster] 9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment. [1913 Webster] 10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. [1913 Webster] 11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball. [1913 Webster] 12. Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13. [1913 Webster] Service book, a prayer book or missal. Service line (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it. Service of a writ, process, etc. (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. Service of an attachment (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. Service of an execution (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant. Service pipe, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson. To accept service. (Law) See under Accept. To see service (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Service \Serv"ice\, n., or Service \Serv"ice\ [Properly, the tree which bears serve, OE. serves, pl., service berries, AS. syrfe service tree; akin to L. sorbus.] (Bot.) A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and Pyrus torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries. [1913 Webster] Service berry (Bot.), the fruit of any kind of service tree. In British America the name is especially applied to that of the several species or varieties of the shad bush (Amelanchier.) [1913 Webster] | ||
4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Rounding \Round"ing\, n. 1. (Naut.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service. [1913 Webster] 2. (Phonetics) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 11. [1913 Webster] | ||
5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) | ||
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6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) | ||
SERVICE, feudal law. That duty which the tenant owes to his lord, by reason of his fee or estate. 2. The services, in respect of their quality, were either free or base, and in respect of their quantity and the time of exacting them, were either certain or uncertain. 2 Bl. Com. 62. 3. In the civil law by service is sometimes understood servitude. (q.v.) | ||
7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) | ||
SERVICE, practice. To execute a writ or process; as, to serve a writ of capias signifies to arrest a defendant under the process; Kirby, 48; 2 Aik. R. 338; 11 Mass. 181; to serve a summons, is to deliver a copy of it at the house of the party, or to deliver it to him personally, or to read it to him; notices and other papers are served by delivering the same at the house of the party, or to him in person. 2. When the service of a writ is prevented by the act of the party on whom it is to be served, it will, in general, be sufficient if the officer do everything in his power to serve it. 39 Eng. C. L. R. 431 1 M. & G. 238. | ||
8. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) | ||
SERVICE, contracts. The being employed to serve another. 2. In cases of seduction, the gist of the action is not injury which the seducer has inflicted on the parent by destroying his peace of mind, and the reputation of his child, but for the consequent inability to perform those services for which she was accountable to her master or her parent who assumes this character for the purpose Vide Seduction, and 2 Mees. & W. 539; 7 Car. & P. 528. | ||
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