Noun | 1. | service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" |
2. | service - a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation | |
3. | ![]() Synonyms: divine service, religious service | |
4. | service - an act of help or assistance; "he did them a service" Antonyms: disservice, ill service, ill turn - an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them a disservice" | |
5. | service - employment in or work for another; "he retired after 30 years of service" | |
6. | ![]() Synonyms: armed service, military service | |
7. | service - the performance of duties by a waiter or servant; "that restaurant has excellent service" | |
8. | service - periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor" Synonyms: inspection and repair, overhaul | |
9. | service - tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table Synonyms: table service | |
10. | service - (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play; "his powerful serves won the game" Synonyms: serve | |
11. | service - the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; "he accepted service of the subpoena" Synonyms: service of process, serving | |
12. | Service - Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958) Synonyms: Robert William Service | |
13. | service - a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it" | |
14. | service - the act of mating by male animals; "the bull was worth good money in servicing fees" Synonyms: servicing | |
15. | service - (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 | |
Verb | 1. | service - be used by; as of a utility; "The sewage plant served the neighboring communities"; "The garage served to shelter his horses" Synonyms: serve |
2. | service - make fit for use; "service my truck"; "the washing machine needs to be serviced" | |
3. | service - mate with; "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes" Synonyms: serve |
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.
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.)
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.
(networking, programming) | service - Work performed (or offered) by a
server. This may mean simply serving simple requests for
data to be sent or stored (as with file servers, gopher or
http servers, e-mail servers, finger servers, SQL
servers, etc.); or it may be more complex work, such as that
of irc servers, print servers, X Windows servers, or
process servers. E.g. "Access to the finger service is restricted to the local subnet, for security reasons". |