Definition of service

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Service (n.) Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier..

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Attend :: Attend (v. i.) To accompany or be present or near at hand, in pursuance of duty; to be ready for service; to wait or be in waiting; -- often followed by on or upon..
Worship :: Worship (v. i.) To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service..
Superoccipital :: Supernumerary (n.) A person or thing beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed not for regular service, but only to fill the place of another in case of need; specifically, in theaters, a person who is not a regular actor, but is employed to appear in a stage spectacle..
Pension :: Pension (n.) A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like..
Spoilsmonger :: Spoilsman (n.) One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service..
Slack :: Slack (superl.) Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service..
Deacon :: Deacon (n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and
Trim :: Trim (v. t.) Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect..
Ministration :: Ministration (n.) The act of ministering; service; ministry.
Excise :: Excise (n.) That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.
Friendly :: Friendly (a.) Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale..
Volunteer :: Volunteer (a.) One who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army..
Missa :: Missa (n.) The service or sacrifice of the Mass.
Scutage :: Scutage (n.) Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage.
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.
Scullion :: Scullion (n.) A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen..
Remunerate :: Remunerate (v. t.) To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor..
Writer :: Writer (n.) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor..
Serve :: Serve (v. i.) To be in service; to do duty; to discharge the requirements of an office or employment. Specifically, to act in the public service, as a soldier, seaman. etc..
Mammonish :: Mammonish (a.) Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
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