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An act of being of assistance to someone.

The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.

(military service, uncountable sense) Work as a member of the military. +

(economic) (economics) The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.

(business) (commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage).

A department in a company, organization, or institution.

(computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.

(a specific military, countable, with definite article) (the) The military.

{{anchor|silverware}}A set of dishes or utensils.

(sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.

A religious rite or ritual.

(law) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.

(also in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.

A musical composition for use in churches.

(obsolete) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.

(nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.

Access to resources such as hotel rooms and Web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.

To serve.

To perform maintenance.

To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.

To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).

(euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse.

(vulgar) To perform a sexual act upon.

(euphemism) To attack.

(tree) Service tree.

(fruit) The sorb; the fruit of this tree.