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Dictionary: self-ser·vice   (sĕlf'sûr'vĭs)
adj.

Being a retail commercial enterprise or a service in which the customers or users help themselves: a self-service market; a self-service elevator.

selfservice self'-ser'vice n.

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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the practice of serving yourself (as in a grocery or cafeteria)


The adjective self-service has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or denoting an establishment (a restaurant or shop etc.) where customers serve themselves
  Pertains to noun: self-service (meaning #1)


Wikipedia: Self service
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Self service is the practice of serving oneself, usually when purchasing items. Common examples include many gas stations, where the customer pumps their own gas rather than have an attendant do it (self-service gas pumping is illegal in New Jersey & Oregon); Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) in the banking world have also revolutionised how people withdraw and deposit funds; most American stores, where the customer uses a shopping cart in the store, placing the items they want to buy into the cart and then proceeding to the checkout counter/aisles; or at buffet-style restaurants, where the customer serves their own plate of food from a large, central selection.

Self service is used on the phone, web and email to facilitate customer service interactions using automation.

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Translations: Self-service
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - selvbetjening
n. - selvbetjeningsrestaurant

Nederlands (Dutch)
zelfbediening

Français (French)
adj. - en libre-service
n. - libre-service

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mit Selbstbedienung, Selbstbedienungs...
n. - Selbstbedienungsgeschäft

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αυτοεξυπηρέτηση

Italiano (Italian)
self-service

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - automático, em que cada um se serve

Русский (Russian)
самообслуживание

Español (Spanish)
adj. - autoservicio
n. - autoservicio

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - självbetjäning, självservering, snabbtankning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
自我服务的, 自助的, 自助式销售

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 自我服務的, 自助的
n. - 自助式銷售

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 셀프서비스, 자급식의
n. - 셀프서비스, 자급식

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - セルフサービスの
n. - セルフサービス, セルフサービスの店

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ألخدمه ألذاتيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של שירות עצמי (חנות, מסעדה וכו'), מנפקת סחורה לאחר שהוכנס בה מטבע (מכונה)‬
n. - ‮שירות עצמי‬


 
 

 

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