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SELF-SERVICE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The practice of serving yourself (as in a grocery or cafeteria)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("self-service" is a kind of...):

service (the performance of duties by a waiter or servant)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or denoting an establishment (a restaurant or shop etc.) where customers serve themselves

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

self-service (the practice of serving yourself (as in a grocery or cafeteria))

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