(often attributive) The practice of serving oneself, usually when purchasing items.

customer service

(US) rest area

(US) A service performed for the public good, especially by a nonprofit organization but sometimes also provided by a for-profit enterprise or a trade association.

plural of civil-service

plural of civil service

Alternative spelling of civil service

(idiomatic) Promising but empty talk; words absent of real action or intention. / (slang, vulgar) Cunnilingus (sometimes also referred to as giving lip).

In parliamentary forms of government, the branches of government that are not military, legislative, or judicial, but work to apply its laws and regulations.

A service, in addition to transportation, rendered by carriers and others.