service

Definitions

• An act of being of assistance to someone.
• (economics) The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.
• A department in a company, an organization, a government department, etc.
• (computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
• The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group
• The military.
• A set of dishes or utensils.
• (sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
• A religious rite or ritual.
• (legal) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
• (Israel) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
• A musical composition for use in churches.
• (obsolete) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
• (nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.