repair services

Fix-it shop offerings

Repair services are businesses or workers that fix broken, damaged, or malfunctioning items.

The term covers everything from appliance repair and auto mechanics to phone screen replacement and plumbing.

We called a repair service when the furnace stopped working.

Unlike replacement, repair services aim to restore something to working condition rather than provide something new.

Opposites
object fate

repair servicesjunk removal

Disposing of unwanted belongings

scrapping · waste disposal · discarding · junking · throwing away

service action

repair servicesdemolition

Deliberate structural destruction

sabotage · vandalism · breaking · wrecking · damaging

consumption model

repair servicesplanned obsolescence

Deliberately shortened product lifespan

fast fashion · throwaway culture · built-in obsolescence · consumerism

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G