service
Aid to others
The act of serving or an instance of serving is service, and the many meanings of serve often have a closely related service counterpart.
Resources that are provided for a society are often characterized as services: health service, postal service.
In commerce, service is often contrasted with product to distinguish tangible from intangible things that are bought and sold.
Military service is the act or fact of being in the armed forces.
A service for a vehicle is an instance of having it worked on my a mechanic.
Service also works as a verb: to service an appliance, vehicle, or venue is to take care of or repair it.
Voluntary entry into service
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- tourPlanned multi-destination journey
- dutyRequired moral task
- veteranExperienced former soldier
active · reserve · conscription · draft · discharge · honorable · commissioned · enlisted
Technical assistance service
- hotlineDirect emergency phone connection
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- aidSupport given freely
counseling · advisory · facilitation · information · referral · resources · customer · representative
Routine vehicle maintenance
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- repairRestore to working order
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- diagnosticsMethods identifying problems
mechanic · replacement · calibration · troubleshooting · refurbishment · oil change · lubrication · preventive
Formal worship structure
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- massQuantity of matter
- prayerAddress to deity
- communionProfound shared closeness
vespers · matins · sermon · hymn · congregation · sacrament · benediction · Sunday
Guest services attendant
- suiteConnected hotel rooms
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- check-inRegistering one's presence
- hotelCommercial lodging establishment
bellhop · porter · housekeeping · turndown · valet · front desk · amenities · guest
Unpaid willing participant
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
community · outreach · nonprofit · ministry · mission · soup kitchen · shelter · food bank
Energy from charged particles
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- waterClear essential liquid
- sewageLiquid refuse in drains
- broadbandFast internet access
cable · telephone · provider · meter · billing · outage · connection · disconnection
Single-pip card
- faultImperfection or blame
- double faultTwo consecutive service errors
- letGive permission
- tossLight, casual throw
overhead · underhand · slice · kick · flat · deuce · advantage · break
Marriage rite and feast
- funeralService honoring the dead
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
coronation · investiture · ordination · convocation · matrimony · baptism · christening · bar mitzvah
Required task or commitment
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- rolePosition or part
- taskWork to be done
charge · jury · civil · public · national · compulsory · conscription · civic
enlistment
Voluntary entry into service
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- tourPlanned multi-destination journey
- dutyRequired moral task
veteran · active · reserve · conscription · draft · discharge · honorable · commissioned · enlisted · rank
helpdesk
Technical assistance service
aid · counseling · advisory · facilitation · information · referral · resources · customer · representative · inquiry
tune-up
Routine vehicle maintenance
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- repairRestore to working order
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
diagnostics · mechanic · replacement · calibration · troubleshooting · refurbishment · oil change · lubrication · preventive · scheduled
liturgy
Formal worship structure
communion · vespers · matins · sermon · hymn · congregation · sacrament · benediction · Sunday · devotion
concierge
Guest services attendant
- suiteConnected hotel rooms
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- check-inRegistering one's presence
hotel · bellhop · porter · housekeeping · turndown · valet · front desk · amenities · guest · reservation
volunteer
Unpaid willing participant
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
humanitarian · community · outreach · nonprofit · ministry · mission · soup kitchen · shelter · food bank · relief
electricity
Energy from charged particles
broadband · cable · telephone · provider · meter · billing · outage · connection · disconnection · grid
ace
Single-pip card
- faultImperfection or blame
- double faultTwo consecutive service errors
- letGive permission
toss · overhead · underhand · slice · kick · flat · deuce · advantage · break · hold
wedding
Marriage rite and feast
- funeralService honoring the dead
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
dedication · coronation · investiture · ordination · convocation · matrimony · baptism · christening · bar mitzvah · confirmation
obligation
Required task or commitment
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- rolePosition or part
task · charge · jury · civil · public · national · compulsory · conscription · civic · oath
- assistancehelp, help desk, aid, helpdesk, assistance
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- customer serviceapology, patience, callback, apologizing, chat support
- maintenancepreventive maintenance, maintenance schedule, scheduled maintenance, handyman, repair
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
- customer'sneeds, wants, preferences, expectations, satisfaction
servicecivilian
Non-military person
civil · nonmilitary · civilian life · civilians · noncombatants
servicegoods
Things for sale
manufacturing · products · production · commodities · merchandise
- room serviceHotel meal delivery
- customer serviceAssistance for buyers
- out of serviceNot currently functioning
- lip serviceInsincere expression of agreement
- community serviceUnpaid labor benefiting society
- delivery serviceTransports items to recipients
serving, services, servitude, servicing, serviced, service of process, disservice, subservient, serviceable