SERVICE

Service

In economics, a service is an intangible commodity. That is, services are an example of intangible economic goods.

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service

Noun

  1. An event in which an entity takes the responsibility that something desirable happens on the behalf of another entity.
  2. The practice of providing such a service for another person or entity.
  3. Action or work that is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
  4. A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
  5. The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group
  6. The military.
  7. A set of dishes or utensils.
  8. The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
  9. A religious rite or ritual.
  10. The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
  11. A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. service tree

Verb

  1. To serve.
    They service the customer base.
  2. To perform maintenance.
    He is going to service the car.
  3. To inseminate through sexual intercourse
  4. To perform a sexual act.
    He was going to service her.


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