service

ser-vice · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (noun) The action of helping or doing work for someone.

  2. 2.

    (noun) A system or arrangement that supplies a public need.

  3. 3.

    (noun) A period of employment with a particular organization.

  4. 4.

    (noun) A religious ceremony or ritual.

  5. 5.

    (noun) The armed forces of a country.

  6. 6.

    (verb) To maintain or repair a vehicle or machine.

  7. 7.

    (noun, tennis) The act of serving the ball to begin a point.

Forms

plural: services

Related words

Antonyms: disservice
See also: help, servant, serve
Synonyms: assistance, duty, help, work

Etymology

From Old French servise ("act of serving"), from Latin servitium ("servitude, slavery, the condition of a slave"), from servus ("slave, servant"). The meaning evolved from "condition of being a servant" to "work done for another."