self-service

Noun CEFR C1

sɛlfˈsɜː.vɪs

Definitions

The practice of serving oneself, usually when purchasing items.

attributive, often, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolautoservicio self-service (selfservis)

Françaislibre-service self-service

DeutschSelbstbedienung

24 more languages

العربيةخِدْمَة ذَاتِيَّة

Bosanskisamoposluživanje

Češtinasamoobsluha

Danskselvbetjening

Ελληνικάαυτοεξυπηρέτηση

Suomiitsepalvelu

Gaeilgeféinfhreastal féinseirbhís

עבריתשירות עצמי

Hrvatskisamoposluživanje

Magyarönkiszolgálás

Bahasa Indonesiaswalayan

Italianoautoservizio fai da te libero servizioself-service servisol tavola calda

日本語セルフセルフサービス

ქართულითვითმომსახურება

한국어셀프 셀프 서비스

Lietuviųsavitarna

Македонскисамопослужување

Nederlandszelfbediening

Polskisamoobsługa

Portuguêsautosserviço livre-serviço self-service

Русскийсамообслуживание

Српскиsamoposluživanje

Svenskasjälvbetjäning

Українськасамообслуговування

Examples

“On the opposite side of the concourse is the triple-counter ticket office and three self-service machines which are adjacent to a large customer service counter and the gateline.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

self-serving self-servingness Self-signalling self-signing self-similarity self-slaughter

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