"self-service" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-self-service.wav [UK]
Etymology: From self- + service. Etymology templates: {{af|en|self-|service}} self- + service Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} self-service (uncountable)
  1. (often attributive) The practice of serving oneself, usually when purchasing items. Wikipedia link: self-service Tags: attributive, often, uncountable Translations (the practice of serving oneself): خِدْمَة ذَاتِيَّة (alt: ḵidma(t) ḏātiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), самаабслуго́ўванне (samaabsluhóŭvannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), самообслу́жване (samoobslúžvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), autoservei [masculine] (Catalan), 自助服務 (Chinese Mandarin), 自助服务 (zìzhù fúwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 自助 (zìzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 自我服務 (Chinese Mandarin), 自我服务 (zìwǒ fúwù) (Chinese Mandarin), samoobsluha [feminine] (Czech), zelfbediening [feminine] (Dutch), itsepalvelu (Finnish), self-service [masculine] (French), libre-service [masculine] (French), autoservizo [masculine] (Galician), თვითმომსახურება (tvitmomsaxureba) (Georgian), Selbstbedienung [feminine] (German), önkiszolgálás (Hungarian), swalayan (Indonesian), féinseirbhís [feminine] (Irish), féinfhreastal [masculine] (Irish), autoservizio [masculine] (Italian), tavola calda [feminine] (Italian), セルフサービス (serufu sābisu) (Japanese), セルフ (serufu) (Japanese), 셀프 서비스 (selpeu seobiseu) (Korean), 셀프 (selpeu) (Korean), savitarna [feminine] (Lithuanian), самопослужување (samoposlužuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), selvbetjent [adjective] (Norwegian Bokmål), samoobsługa [feminine] (Polish), self-service [masculine] (Portuguese), autosserviço [masculine] (Portuguese), livre-serviço [masculine] (Portuguese), самообслу́живание (samoobslúživanije) [neuter] (Russian), самопослужи́ва̄ње [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), samoposlužívānje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), samoobsluha [feminine] (Slovak), autoservicio [masculine] (Spanish), självbetjäning [common-gender] (Swedish), самообслуго́вування (samoobsluhóvuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), самообслу́га (samoobslúha) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tự phục vụ (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "the practice of serving oneself",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samoobsługa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the practice of serving oneself",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "self-service"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the practice of serving oneself",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autosserviço"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the practice of serving oneself",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "livre-serviço"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samoobslúživanije",
      "sense": "the practice of serving oneself",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "самообслу́живание"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the practice of serving oneself",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "самопослужи́ва̄ње"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the practice of serving oneself",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "samoposlužívānje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the practice of serving oneself",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samoobsluha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the practice of serving oneself",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autoservicio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the practice of serving oneself",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "självbetjäning"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "samoobsluhóvuvannja",
      "sense": "the practice of serving oneself",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "самообслуго́вування"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "samoobslúha",
      "sense": "the practice of serving oneself",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "самообслу́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the practice of serving oneself",
      "word": "tự phục vụ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "self-service"
}

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