Definition of Service

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Service

Alt. of Service

A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries.

The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love.

The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office.

Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service.

Hence, a musical composition for use in churches.

Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier.

Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail.

Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.

The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass.

The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp/na or an attachment.

The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc.

The act of serving the ball.

Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13.

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Service Quotations

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Buddha

The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal.
Albert Einstein

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.
Ronald Reagan

You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.
Napoleon Hill

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Mohandas Gandhi

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.
Mohandas Gandhi

Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
Mohandas Gandhi

I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
Mohandas Gandhi

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.
Mohandas Gandhi

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
Muhammad Ali

Service Translations

service in Afrikaans is diens, erediens
service in Danish is tjeneste
service in Dutch is dienst, godsdienstoefening, eredienst
service in French is messe
service in German is Kundendienst, Bedienung, Dienst
service in Latin is munus, beneficium, officium
service in Spanish is prestacion, vigilancia, aguardar, culto, servicio

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