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serv·ice
/ˈsərvəs/noun
- 1. the action of helping or doing work for someone: "millions are involved in voluntary service" Similar
- 2. assistance or advice given to customers during and after the sale of goods: "they aim to provide better quality of service"
verb
- 1. perform routine maintenance or repair work on (a vehicle or machine): "have your car serviced regularly" Similar
- 2. (of a male animal) mate with (a female animal): "one dog could presumably service several bitches in a day"
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A restaurant waiter is an example of a service-related occupation. A service is an act or use for which a consumer, firm, or government is willing to pay. Examples include work done by barbers, doctors, lawyers, mechanics, banks, insurance companies, and so on.
In a narrower sense, service refers to quality of customer service: the measured appropriateness of assistance and support provided to a customer. This particular usage occurs frequently in retailing .
Goods are items that are usually (but not always) tangible, such as pens or apples. Services are activities provided by other people, such as teachers or barbers. Taken together, it is the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services which underpins all economic activity and trade. According to economic theory, consumption of ...
Servant leadership. Servant leadership is a leadership philosophy in which the goal of the leader is to serve. This is different from traditional leadership where the leader's main focus is the thriving of their company or organization.
A public service or service of general (economic) interest is any service intended to address specific needs pertaining to the aggregate members of a community. [1] [2] Public services are available to people within a government jurisdiction as provided directly through public sector agencies or via public financing to private businesses or ...
Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day. The holiday began as a way to honor soldiers who died in the Civil War, but the day now honors all U.S. veterans who have sacrificed their ...
Service industries are those not directly concerned with the production of physical goods (such as agriculture and manufacturing). Some service industries, including transportation, wholesale trade and retail trade are part of the supply chain delivering goods produced in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors to final consumers.
Service orientation is a way of thinking in terms of services and service-based development and the outcomes of services. A service has four properties according to one of many definitions of SOA: It logically represents a repeatable business activity with a specified outcome. It is self-contained.
A service-level agreement (SLA) is an agreement between a service provider and a customer. Particular aspects of the service – quality, availability, responsibilities – are agreed between the service provider and the service user. [1]
Definition. A Managed IT Services Provider (also known as an 'MSP') is a third-party service provider that proactively monitors & manages a customer's server / network infrastructure, cybersecurity and end-user systems against a clearly defined Service Level Agreement (SLA).