service

1. An act of being of assistance to someone.

   I say I did him a service by ending our relationship – now he can freely pursue his career.

2. The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.

   Hair care is a service industry.

3. A department in a company, an organization, a government department, etc.
4. A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.

   This machine provides the name service for the LAN.

5. The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group

   Lancelot was at the service of King Arthur.

6. The military.

   I did three years in the service before coming here.

7. A set of dishes or utensils.

   She brought out the silver tea service.

8. The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.

   The player had four service faults in the set.

9. A religious rite or ritual.

   The funeral service was touching.

10. The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.

    The service happened yesterday.

11. (Israel, West Bank, also in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
12. A musical composition for use in churches.
13. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
14. The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.

1. To serve.

   They service the customer base.

2. To perform maintenance.

   He is going to service the car.

3. To inseminate through sexual intercourse
4. To perform a sexual act.

   He was going to service her.

noun

Service tree