service

service
/'sɜ:vɪs/ noun
1. a piece of work done to help someone as a duty or a favour
After a lifetime’s service to the company he was rewarded with a generous golden handshake.
2. a form of business (e.g. insurance, banking, or transport) that provides help in some form when it is needed, as opposed to making or selling goods
3. the fact of working for an employer, or the period of time during which an employee has worked for an employer
retiring after twenty years service to the company
The amount of your pension depends partly on the number of your years of service.
4. the work of dealing with customers
The service in that restaurant is extremely slow
5. payment for help given to the customer
to add on 10% for service
the bill includes service the bill includes a charge added for the work involved
The service in that restaurant is extremely slow.
verb
to service a debt to pay interest on a debt
The company is having problems in servicing its debts.

Dictionary of banking and finance. 2015.

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