Service

  • 51service — 1. noun 1) your conditions of service Syn: work, employment, employ, labor 2) he has done us a service Syn: favor, kindness, good turn, helping hand; (services) assistance, help …

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  • 52service — noun 1》 the action or process of serving.     ↘an act of assistance.     ↘a period of employment with a company or organization: he retired after 40 years service.     ↘(often in phrs in or out of service) use for a particular purpose.… …

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  • 53service*/*/*/ — [ˈsɜːvɪs] noun I 1) [C] a system that provides things that the public needs transport/education services[/ex] See: health service 2) [U] help and advice that is given to customers in a shop, hotel, or business a shop with a reputation for… …

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  • 54service — / sɜ:vɪs/ noun 1. a piece of work done to help someone as a duty or a favour ● After a lifetime’s service to the company he was rewarded with a generous golden handshake. 2. a form of business (e.g. insurance, banking, or transport) that provides …

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  • 55service — Work performed. Employment by another. A contraction of military service. A breeding. A person is in the service of another when he is so occupied that during the continuance of the relation he is bound to submit his will to the direction and… …

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  • 56service — 1. обслуживание priority service первоочередное обслуживание service agreement соглашение об обслуживании service chief руководитель бюро обслуживания welfare service служба бытового обслуживания after sale service послепродажное обслуживание …

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  • 57service — {{11}}service (n.) c.1100, celebration of public worship, from O.Fr. servise, from L. servitium slavery, servitude, from servus slave (see SERVE (Cf. serve)). Meaning act of serving is attested from early 13c. Sense of duty of a military man… …

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  • 58Service —    Anglican term referring to musical settings for one or more of the following liturgies: Morning Prayer (matins); Evening Prayer (Evensong); Holy Communion; the Burial Service. The elements of each service are united by their manner of… …

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  • 59service — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. aid, help, duty; servitude, ministration, employment; worship, ritual, armed forces; wear, usefulness, use; set, equipment; serving, helping. See business, utility, rite. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Aid]… …

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  • 60service — n.m. Faire son service, effectuer son temps, son service militaire. / Service service, pointilleux. / Service trois pièces, organes virils. / Entrée de service, anus …

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