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service
Noun
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An action or work by one person that can be consumed by another person.
Hair care is a service industry.
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A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
This machine provides the name service for the LAN.
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The military.
I did three years of service before coming here.
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A set of dishes or utensils.
She brought out the silver tea service.
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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.
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A religious rite or ritual.
The funeral service was good.
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The serving, or delivery, of a document requiring someone to appear in a court of law.
The service happened yesterday.
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That which is provided by the government or its agents.
The Job Centre provides a service to the unemployed.
service
Verb
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If you service something, you serve them.
They service the customer base.
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If you service something, you perform maintenance on them.
He is going to service the car.
occupation
Noun
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An occupation is a job or a career.
Nursing has been described as a skilled occupation rather than a profession.
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An occupation is when a people, especially an army, take over and stay in a country, area, building, etc.
Everything he owned was taken during the German occupation of Paris in 1940.
The areas under occupation contained rich farm lands as well as the industrialised sectors of Russian Poland.
The house on the hill had no lights and no signs of occupation.
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An occupation is a hobby or something else that you do to pass the time.
Her favorite occupation is reading.