service

Meaning

1. An act of being of assistance to someone.
2. The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.
3. Work as a member of the military.
4. The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.
5. Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).
6. A department in a company, organization, or institution.
7. A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
8. The military.
9. A set of dishes or utensils.
10. The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
11. A religious rite or ritual.
12. The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
13. A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
14. A musical composition for use in churches.
15. (obsolete) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
16. The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
17. Access to resources such as hotel rooms and Web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.

service

attendance

serve

worship

office

duty

employment

help

use

job

work

favour

labor

maintenance

serving

assistance

favor

military service

function

set

labour

overhaul

armed forces

public service

agency

bureau

benefit

position

ceremony

business

servitude

servicing

maintenance service

armed services

debt service

service bureau

upkeep

capacity

post

facility

kindness

hospitality

rite

ritual

task

ministry

aid

waiting upon

attendance upon

service of process

divine service

religious service

armed service

service department

ministration

department

branch

crockery set

good offices

repair

treatment

contribution

ado

role

trouble

feed

nourish

nurture

support

length of service

bondage

slavery

adoration

dependence

devotion

inspection and repair

table service

avail

care

waiting

advantage

profit

servant

subserve

mass

operation

attend

care for

look after

nurse

military

tableware

cover

tread

utility

merit

mate

chapter

section

pantry

store

storehouse

storeroom

courtesy

adjust

maintain

regard

sake

follower

support system

responsibility

exertion

travail

flight

trip

apprenticeship

public duty

church work

attention

carefulness

illness

sympathy

handling

management

entertainment

provide service

workfare

facilities

longevity

standing

obligation

application

attending

honour

act of serving

occupation of a servant

cater

good

prayer

Te Deum

wear

TOS

worship service

nursing

art

pursuit

trade

law

collective work

charity

reciprocity

refuge

oblige

incumbency

action

choral service

liturgy

lackey

minister

wait on

cater for

mind

reck

see about

take care

tend

professional work

vocational work

maintenance care

maintenance support

inspection

unkeep

exploitation

working

division

military duty

sharer

benefaction

army

host

war

provision of services

foster

soccage

fit

centering

snap

board

enter

occupy

ride

step

thread

challenge

citation

dare

daring

gantlet

gauntlet

judicial writ

monition

process

process of monition

subpoena

summons

writ

parent

fixing

public utility

soldier

staff

valet

pool

good turn

turn

assist

ball

delivery

pitch

employing

effort

emergency duty

profession

good deed

services

consumer service

official

commission

the ranks

performance showing

employ

car service

product

region

affair

duties

functions

matter

occupation

subject

undertaking

copulate

mating

pair

mount

alley

church

religion

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɜːvɪs/

From Middle English servise, from Old French servise (French service), from the verb servir, from Latin servitium (compare Portuguese serviço, Italian servizio, Norman sèrvice, Spanish servicio), from servus (“servant; serf; slave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s (“guardian”), possibly from *ser- (“watch over, protect”). Displaced native Old English þeġnung.