"at someone's service" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=at someone's service}} at someone's service, {{en-prep phrase|at someone's service}} at someone's service
  1. Fully available to help or to be of use to someone, or some organisation.
    Sense id: en-at_someone's_service-en-prep_phrase-eMpFbG6x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
  2. (formal) By way of introduction on first meeting another person. Tags: formal
    Sense id: en-at_someone's_service-en-prep_phrase-Zxi3Uq0-
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          "text": "James Bond. At your service.",
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