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in service

in service prepositional phrase: employed as a domestic servant.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK) Employed as a domestic servant.
  2. (Canada, US) Available for use; operational.
    • About 20,600 Vélib’ bicycles are in service here, with more than 1,450 self-service rental stations.2008 July 13, Steven Erlanger, “A New Fashion Catches on in Paris: Cheap Bicycle Rentals”, in New York Times

Questions about in service

What does in service mean?
In service means employed as a domestic servant.
What part of speech is in service?
In service is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in service in the dictionary

  1. in season
  2. in season and out of season
  3. in secret
  4. in sequence
  5. in series
  6. in service
  7. in session
  8. in sha Allah
  9. in shape
  10. in sheets
  11. in shit

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