English words for 'a particular service'
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noun
- a particular service
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the act of using
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
- what something is used for
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- The act of using.
- (uncountable, followed by of) Usefulness, benefit.
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
verb
- use up (resources or materials)
- take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
- avail oneself to
- seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (transitive) To exploit.
- (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
- (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
symbol
adj
- Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
- Functional rather than attractive.
- (Of a building or its components) containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- used of beef; usable but inferior
noun
- (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
- The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
- (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
- Something that is useful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin.
- (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.
- (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
- (business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
- (computing) A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.
- (business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
- the quality of being of practical use
- a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
name
noun
- (computer graphics, art) Initialism of subsurface scattering.
- (astronomy) Initialism of super soft source.
- (medicine) Initialism of subclavian steal syndrome.
- (slang) Initialism of shit, shower, shave.
- (medicine) Initialism of sick sinus syndrome.
- an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service
noun
- a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you
- something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service
- a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
- skillful performance or ability without difficulty
- a natural effortlessness
- A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
- The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
- (Scots law) A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
- Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
- (Canada, US, in the plural) A toilet.
- (finance, banking) Clipping of credit facility.
- The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.
noun
- A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
- a name given to a product or service
- A mark of infamy; stigma.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A torch used for signaling.
- A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
- (by extension) Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.
- The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
- The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
- A branding iron.
- Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- identification mark on skin, made by burning
- a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
- a recognizable kind
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
verb
- (transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
- (transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).
- (transitive) To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
- (transitive) To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
- (intransitive) To be very hot, to burn.
- (transitive, marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
- burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- mark or expose as infamous
- mark with a brand or trademark
verb
- be available or ready for a certain function or service
- be loyal to
- not act or do anything
- (idiomatic, transitive) To support; to continue to support despite things being bad.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To wait in expectation of some event; to be ready.
- (intransitive) To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To remain loyal or faithful to.
noun
- A subscription to a service.
- A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
- A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
- A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
- A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
- scale drawing of a structure
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- an arrangement scheme
verb
noun
adj
noun
- An indoor or outdoor stand where food is sold to the public.
- A mountain that can be climbed without specialist equipment.
- (aviation) An informal visit to a control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training.
- (US) An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator.
- (music, especially bass) A sequence of notes that raises in pitch stepwise, connecting two or more chords.
- A customer who arrives without a reservation; a walk-in.
- Colaptes auratus, northern flicker.
- an apartment building without an elevator
- an apartment in a building without an elevator
symbol
name
noun
- (science fiction) Initialism of space marine.
- Initialism of sexual minority (“non-heterosexual”) (Also used attributively.)
- (business) Initialism of senior management.
- (US, astronautics) Initialism of service module.
- (music) Initialism of short meter.
- (US, military) Abbreviation of standard missile.
- (theater) Initialism of stage manager.
- (military) Initialism of standoff missile.
- Alternative form of S&M (“sadomasochism”).
- a master's degree in science
noun
- (business, often attributive) Service that includes waiting on the customer.
- (business, often attributive) The ability to offer many types of related service rather than a limited set of specialisms.
- (radio) A radio format consisting of a mix of music with locally produced programming and segments focusing on local issues.
- (sex, euphemistic) In prostitution, full sexual activity including penetration.
noun
- the customers for a particular product or service
- a marketplace where groceries are sold
- an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
- the securities markets in the aggregate
- the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
- A geographical area or region where a certain commercial demand exists.
- Any physical store selling groceries, such as a grocery store or convenience store.
- The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.
- A relatively spacious outdoor or covered site where traders set up stalls, either temporarily or permanently or semi-permanently, and buyers browse the merchandise.
- A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise, often periodic at a set time.
- The price for which a thing is sold in a market; hence, value or worth; market value.
- A formally organized, sometimes monopolistic, system of trading in specified goods or effects.
- A group of potential or current customers for one's product.
verb
- deal in a market
- make commercial
- engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of
- buy household supplies
- (transitive) To sell.
- (intransitive) To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.
- (transitive) To make (products or services) available for sale and promote them.
- (transitive) To promote for or as if for sale.
- (intransitive) To shop in a market; to attend a market.
verb
- To focus one's business upon a particular item or service.
- (usually derogatory) To be known or notorious for some specialty.
- (intransitive) To become distinct or separate from what is common, particularly:
- To focus one's study upon a particular skill, field, topic, or genre.
- (rare, transitive) To specify: to mention specifically.
- (biology, transitive) To make distinct or separate due to form or function.
- (transitive) To train (someone) in a specialty.
- (uncommon, transitive) To narrow in scope.
- devote oneself to a special area of work
- evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
- be specific about
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- suit to a special purpose
noun
- (computing) A service allowing multiple customers to locate network, server, and storage gear and connect them to a variety of telecommunications and network service providers, at a minimum of cost and complexity.
- (mathematics) A method of finding an approximate solution of an ordinary differential equation L[y]=0 by determining coefficients in an expansion y(x)=y_0(x)+∑ₗ₌₀^qαₗy_l(x) so as to make L[y] vanish at prescribed points; the expansion with the coefficients thus found is the sought approximation.
- (uncountable) The grouping or juxtaposition of things, especially words or sounds.
- (countable) Such a specific grouping.
- (linguistics, translation studies) A sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (i.e., the statistically significant placement of particular words in a language), often representing an established name for, or idiomatic way of conveying, a particular semantic concept.
- the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
- a grouping of words in a sentence
adj
- having services contracted for
- (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
- built against or attached to a wall
- having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
- pledged to be married
- involved in military hostilities
- reserved in advance
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)
- (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
- (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
- Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
- Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”).
- Greatly interested.
- (military) being attacked or attacking
- (medicine, of a foetus) Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
- Busy or employed.
- (British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.
verb
noun
noun
- a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions
- an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence
- Service or activity performed for the benefit of the community at large, such as cleaning, fundraising, pro bono professional services, etc.
- (law) Such work performed as an alternative for a criminal penalty.
noun
- a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions
- (countable) The organisation, department or business providing such a service.
- employment within a government system (especially in the civil service)
- (countable) A service such as health care, transport, or waste removal provided to the general public, often by the government.
- (uncountable) Government employment, especially in the civil service.
- (countable, uncountable) A service performed for the public good.
adj
- obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
- convenient for use or disposal
- not busy; not otherwise committed
- Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.
- (law) Valid.
- Readily obtainable.
- Free to meet someone, speak on the telephone, enter a romantic relationship, or the like.
name
noun
noun
- (aviation, travel industry) Initialism of special service requirement or special service request.
- (military) Initialism of special support and reconnaissance.
- (education) Initialism of sustained silent reading.
- (web development) Initialism of server-side rendering.
- (nautical) Initialism of small ships register.
- (electronics) Initialism of solid-state relay.
- (statistics) Initialism of sum of squared residuals.
- (aviation) Initialism of secondary surveillance radar.
name
noun
- a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
- the act of installing something (as equipment)
- a formal entry into an organization or position or office
- A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.
- Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.
- An act of installing.
- A work of installation art.
noun
name
noun
- A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
- (card games) In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
- (marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
- A public notice.
- a public promotion of some product or service
noun
- Initialism of essentials-as-a-service.
- Initialism of equipment-as-a-service.
- Initialism of expertise-as-a-service.
- Initialism of everything-as-a-service.
- (computing) Initialism of enterprise-as-a-service.
- (electricity, fuel) Initialism of energy-as-a-service.
- (research and development) Initialism of edge-as-a-service.
- (business) Initialism of enterprise-as-a-service.
- (human resources, accounting) Initialism of efficiency-as-a-service.
- (computing) Initialism of environments-as-a-service.
noun
- a particular service
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the act of using
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
- what something is used for
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- The act of using.
- (uncountable, followed by of) Usefulness, benefit.
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
verb
- use up (resources or materials)
- take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
- avail oneself to
- seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (transitive) To exploit.
- (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
- (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
noun
- a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you
- something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service
- a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
- skillful performance or ability without difficulty
- a natural effortlessness
- A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
- The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
- (Scots law) A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
- Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
- (Canada, US, in the plural) A toilet.
- (finance, banking) Clipping of credit facility.
- The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.
noun
- A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
- a name given to a product or service
- A mark of infamy; stigma.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A torch used for signaling.
- A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
- (by extension) Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.
- The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
- The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
- A branding iron.
- Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- identification mark on skin, made by burning
- a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
- a recognizable kind
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
verb
- (transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
- (transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).
- (transitive) To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
- (transitive) To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
- (intransitive) To be very hot, to burn.
- (transitive, marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
- burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- mark or expose as infamous
- mark with a brand or trademark
noun
- A subscription to a service.
- A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
- A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
- A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
- A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
- scale drawing of a structure
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- an arrangement scheme
verb
noun
noun
- (business, often attributive) Service that includes waiting on the customer.
- (business, often attributive) The ability to offer many types of related service rather than a limited set of specialisms.
- (radio) A radio format consisting of a mix of music with locally produced programming and segments focusing on local issues.
- (sex, euphemistic) In prostitution, full sexual activity including penetration.
noun
- the customers for a particular product or service
- a marketplace where groceries are sold
- an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
- the securities markets in the aggregate
- the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
- A geographical area or region where a certain commercial demand exists.
- Any physical store selling groceries, such as a grocery store or convenience store.
- The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.
- A relatively spacious outdoor or covered site where traders set up stalls, either temporarily or permanently or semi-permanently, and buyers browse the merchandise.
- A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise, often periodic at a set time.
- The price for which a thing is sold in a market; hence, value or worth; market value.
- A formally organized, sometimes monopolistic, system of trading in specified goods or effects.
- A group of potential or current customers for one's product.
verb
- deal in a market
- make commercial
- engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of
- buy household supplies
- (transitive) To sell.
- (intransitive) To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.
- (transitive) To make (products or services) available for sale and promote them.
- (transitive) To promote for or as if for sale.
- (intransitive) To shop in a market; to attend a market.
noun
- (computing) A service allowing multiple customers to locate network, server, and storage gear and connect them to a variety of telecommunications and network service providers, at a minimum of cost and complexity.
- (mathematics) A method of finding an approximate solution of an ordinary differential equation L[y]=0 by determining coefficients in an expansion y(x)=y_0(x)+∑ₗ₌₀^qαₗy_l(x) so as to make L[y] vanish at prescribed points; the expansion with the coefficients thus found is the sought approximation.
- (uncountable) The grouping or juxtaposition of things, especially words or sounds.
- (countable) Such a specific grouping.
- (linguistics, translation studies) A sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (i.e., the statistically significant placement of particular words in a language), often representing an established name for, or idiomatic way of conveying, a particular semantic concept.
- the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
- a grouping of words in a sentence
noun
noun
- a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions
- an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence
- Service or activity performed for the benefit of the community at large, such as cleaning, fundraising, pro bono professional services, etc.
- (law) Such work performed as an alternative for a criminal penalty.
noun
- a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions
- (countable) The organisation, department or business providing such a service.
- employment within a government system (especially in the civil service)
- (countable) A service such as health care, transport, or waste removal provided to the general public, often by the government.
- (uncountable) Government employment, especially in the civil service.
- (countable, uncountable) A service performed for the public good.
noun
- (aviation, travel industry) Initialism of special service requirement or special service request.
- (military) Initialism of special support and reconnaissance.
- (education) Initialism of sustained silent reading.
- (web development) Initialism of server-side rendering.
- (nautical) Initialism of small ships register.
- (electronics) Initialism of solid-state relay.
- (statistics) Initialism of sum of squared residuals.
- (aviation) Initialism of secondary surveillance radar.
name
noun
- a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
- the act of installing something (as equipment)
- a formal entry into an organization or position or office
- A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.
- Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.
- An act of installing.
- A work of installation art.
noun
name
noun
- A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
- (card games) In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
- (marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
- A public notice.
- a public promotion of some product or service
noun
- Initialism of essentials-as-a-service.
- Initialism of equipment-as-a-service.
- Initialism of expertise-as-a-service.
- Initialism of everything-as-a-service.
- (computing) Initialism of enterprise-as-a-service.
- (electricity, fuel) Initialism of energy-as-a-service.
- (research and development) Initialism of edge-as-a-service.
- (business) Initialism of enterprise-as-a-service.
- (human resources, accounting) Initialism of efficiency-as-a-service.
- (computing) Initialism of environments-as-a-service.
verb
- be available or ready for a certain function or service
- be loyal to
- not act or do anything
- (idiomatic, transitive) To support; to continue to support despite things being bad.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To wait in expectation of some event; to be ready.
- (intransitive) To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To remain loyal or faithful to.
verb
- To focus one's business upon a particular item or service.
- (usually derogatory) To be known or notorious for some specialty.
- (intransitive) To become distinct or separate from what is common, particularly:
- To focus one's study upon a particular skill, field, topic, or genre.
- (rare, transitive) To specify: to mention specifically.
- (biology, transitive) To make distinct or separate due to form or function.
- (transitive) To train (someone) in a specialty.
- (uncommon, transitive) To narrow in scope.
- devote oneself to a special area of work
- evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
- be specific about
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- suit to a special purpose
No matching words found. Try a broader description.
adj
- Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
- Functional rather than attractive.
- (Of a building or its components) containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- used of beef; usable but inferior
noun
- (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
- The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
- (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
- Something that is useful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin.
- (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.
- (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
- (business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
- (computing) A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.
- (business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
- the quality of being of practical use
- a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
adj
noun
- An indoor or outdoor stand where food is sold to the public.
- A mountain that can be climbed without specialist equipment.
- (aviation) An informal visit to a control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training.
- (US) An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator.
- (music, especially bass) A sequence of notes that raises in pitch stepwise, connecting two or more chords.
- A customer who arrives without a reservation; a walk-in.
- Colaptes auratus, northern flicker.
- an apartment building without an elevator
- an apartment in a building without an elevator
adj
- having services contracted for
- (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
- built against or attached to a wall
- having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
- pledged to be married
- involved in military hostilities
- reserved in advance
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)
- (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
- (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
- Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
- Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”).
- Greatly interested.
- (military) being attacked or attacking
- (medicine, of a foetus) Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
- Busy or employed.
- (British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.
verb
adj
- obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
- convenient for use or disposal
- not busy; not otherwise committed
- Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.
- (law) Valid.
- Readily obtainable.
- Free to meet someone, speak on the telephone, enter a romantic relationship, or the like.