See Also: self-service(dictionary)
ex-service(dictionary)
in-service(dictionary)
tri-service(dictionary)
service(2)(dictionary)
service(1)(dictionary)
Add-On Service(money)
self-service(dictionary)
lip service(dictionary)
tea service(dictionary)

self-service (iou)



self-service noun & adjective. E20.
[from SELF- + SERVICE noun1.]
A. noun.
A system whereby customers in a shop, restaurant, garage, etc., serve themselves instead of being attended to or waited on by the staff, usu. paying for all purchases at the same checkout desk or counter. E20.
An establishment or department operating this system. M20.
J. Mann She had pulled into the motorway cafe..and had gone into the self-service.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Designating a shop, restaurant, garage, etc., operating this system; of or pertaining to self-service. E20.
M. Drabble They..collected themselves a large self-service meal. Which? For clothes, some people liked self-service arrangements. B. Pym A small self-service store run by Uganda Asians.