Definitions for self-service
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
self′-serv′ice(adj.)
of or designating a restaurant, store, etc., in which customers serve themselves, as with items from a display counter, and pay upon leaving.
of or pertaining to something designed to be used without the aid of an attendant:
self-service elevators.
Category: Common Vocabulary
(n.)the system of serving oneself in a commercial establishment without the aid of a waiter, clerk, or other attendant.
Origin of self-service:
1920–25
Princeton's WordNet
self-service(adj)
the practice of serving yourself (as in a grocery or cafeteria)
self-service(adj)
of or denoting an establishment (a restaurant or shop etc.) where customers serve themselves
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
self-service(adjective)ˈɛlfpˈɔrtrət
(of a restaurant or store) in which a customer takes what they want and is not served
a self-service cafeteria
Wiktionary
self-service(Adjective)
Describing an establishment where the customer is not waited on.
Translations for self-service
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
self-service(noun)
an arrangement by which customers themselves collect the goods that they want to buy; (also adjective)
a self-service restaurant.
- selfdiensAfrikaans
- خِدْمَةٌ ذاتِيَّهArabic
- самообслужванеBulgarian
- self-servicePortuguese (BR)
- samoobsluha; samoobslužnýCzech
- die SelbstbedienungGerman
- selvbetjening; selvbetjenings-Danish
- αυτοεξυπηρέτηση, σελφ σέρβιςGreek
- autoservicioSpanish
- iseteenindus, iseteeninduslikEstonian
- فروشگاه يا رستوران سلف سرويسFarsi
- itsepalveluFinnish
- libre-serviceFrench
- שֵׁירוּת עַצמִיHebrew
- स्वयं सेवाHindi
- samoposluživanjeCroatian
- önkiszolgálóHungarian
- sistem swalayanIndonesian
- sjálfsafgreiðslaIcelandic
- self-serviceItalian
- セルフサービスJapanese
- 셀프 서비스Korean
- savitarnaLithuanian
- pašapkalpošanāsLatvian
- layan diriMalay
- zelfbedieningDutch
- selvbetjeningNorwegian
- samoobsługaPolish
- فروشگاه يا رستوران سلف سرويسPersian
- هغه رستورانت چي ميلمه په خپله ميلمه پالنه كويPashto
- self-servicePortuguese
- self-service, autoservireRomanian
- самообслуживаниеRussian
- samoobsluha; samoobslužnýSlovak
- samopostrežbaSlovenian
- samouslugaSerbian
- självservering, självbetjäningSwedish
- การบริการตนเองThai
- self servisTurkish
- 自助的Chinese (Trad.)
- самообслуговуванняUkrainian
- خود خدمتیUrdu
- tự phục vụVietnamese
- 自助的Chinese (Simp.)
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