"at your service" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} at your service, {{en-prep phrase}} at your service
  1. (formal) Used as a polite introduction on first meeting another person. Tags: formal Translations (way of introduction): فِي خِدْمَتِكَ (fī ḵidmatika) (Arabic), فِي خِدْمَتِكِ (fī ḵidmatiki) (Arabic), فِي خِدْمَتِكُمَا (fī ḵidmatikumā) (Arabic), فِي خِدْمَتِكُم (fī ḵidmatikum) (Arabic), فِي خِدْمَتِكُنَّ (fī ḵidmatikunna) (Arabic), tot uw dienst (Dutch), palveluksessanne (Finnish), à votre service (French), pour vous servir (French), til þjónustu reiðubúinn (Icelandic), faoi do réir (Irish), do usług (Polish), к ва́шим услу́гам (k vášim uslúgam) (Russian), a su servicio (Spanish), آپ کی خدمت میں حاضر (āp kī xidmat mē̃ hāzir) (Urdu), میں خادم ہوں (mɛ̄̃ xādim hū̃) [masculine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-at_your_service-en-prep_phrase-A4Jmt~Qg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'way of introduction': 98 2
  2. Available for assisting you or for you to use.
    Sense id: en-at_your_service-en-prep_phrase-UEIpTbZn

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