The property of being serviceable, of being useful for some function. / The property of being able to be serviced. / (Australia, finance) The ability of an individual to make repayments on a loan.

Service tree. / The sorb; the fruit of this tree.

(transitive) To perform maintenance. / (public relations, transitive) To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc. / (transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse.

An act of being of assistance to someone. / (economics) The practice of providing such a service as economic activity. / A department in a company, an organization, a government department, etc.

present participle of service

The act of performing maintenance on something.

simple past tense and past participle of service

(transitive) To train or educate (someone) while they are working; to give on-the-job training to.

(chiefly Britain, of training etc.) Taking place when one is an employee. / Relating to or being a full-time employee.

(chiefly Britain) Employed as a domestic servant. / (chiefly US and Canada) Available for use; operational.