Service

noun services · seruice

1. countable, uncountable An act of being of assistance to someone. I say I did him a service by ending our relationship – now he can freely pursue his career.
2. countable, uncountable The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group. Lancelot was at the service of King Arthur.
3. uncountable Work as a member of the military. Thank you for your service.
4. countable, uncountable The military. the service
5. countable, uncountable The practice of providing assistance as economic activity. Hair care is a service industry.
6. countable, uncountable Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).
7. countable, uncountable A department in a company, organization, or institution.
8. countable, uncountable A function that is provided by one program or machine for another. This machine provides the name service for the LAN.
9. countable, uncountable A set of dishes or utensils. She brought out the silver tea service.
10. countable, uncountable The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games. The player had four service faults in the set.
11. countable, uncountable A religious rite or ritual. Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen
12. countable, uncountable The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ. He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner.
13. Israel, also, countable, uncountable A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
14. countable, uncountable A musical composition for use in churches.
15. countable, obsolete, uncountable Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. Pray, do my service to his majesty.
16. countable, uncountable The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
17. countable, uncountable Access to resources such as hotel rooms and Web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.

verb services · servicing · serviced · seruice

1. transitive To serve. They service the customer base.
2. transitive To perform maintenance. He is going to service the car.
3. transitive To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc. One obvious way is press releases, which should be sent to your region's reporters, editors and columnists, the wire services, professional publications. […] Servicing the media should be an everyday thing.
4. transitive To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt). It continues to be laden with intense debt servicing costs.
5. euphemistic, transitive To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
6. transitive, vulgar To perform a sexual act upon. He serviced her several times a week.
7. euphemistic, transitive To attack. to service a target

Similar: attend, wait on, go to bed with, sleep with

noun services · seruice

1. Service tree.
2. The sorb; the fruit of this tree.

proper noun

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Missouri, United States.