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self-serve

self-serve adjective: describing a facility in which the customer performs the work rather than being waited on.

Adjective

self-serve (not comparable)

  1. Describing a facility in which the customer performs the work rather than being waited on.
    • Self-serve gas stations are popular with owners because they need fewer attendants.
    Antonyms:
    full-service

Synonyms of self-serve

Antonyms

Origin of self-serve

From self- + serve.

Questions about self-serve

What does self-serve mean?
Self-serve means describing a facility in which the customer performs the work rather than being waited on.
What part of speech is self-serve?
Self-serve is an adjective.

Words near self-serve in the dictionary

  1. self-selection
  2. self-selections
  3. self-selects
  4. self-serious
  5. self-seriousness
  6. self-serve
  7. self-service
  8. self-serving
  9. self-servingly
  10. self-servingness
  11. self-set

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