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overservice

overservice verb: to provide with excessive service.

Verb

overservice (third-person singular simple present overservices, present participle overservicing, simple past and past participle overserviced)

  1. (transitive) To provide with excessive service.
    • She underprices to make the sale, gives away product, provides extended warranty services at no charge, and personally overservices her accounts.2004, William T. Brooks, Sales Techniques, page 41

Noun

overservice (uncountable)

  1. Act of overserving, especially serving alcohol to some who is intoxicated.

Forms of overservice

third-person singular presentoverservices
present participleoverservicing
past participleoverserviced
pastoverserviced

Origin of overservice

From over- + service.

Questions about overservice

What does overservice mean?
Overservice means to provide with excessive service.
What part of speech is overservice?
Overservice can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overservice?
The past tense of overservice is overserviced.

Words near overservice in the dictionary

  1. overseriously
  2. overseriousness
  3. overserve
  4. overserved
  5. overserves
  6. overservice
  7. overserviced
  8. overservices
  9. overservicing
  10. overservile
  11. overserving

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