services

noun

1. That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed and consists of an action or work.

   “The acts of Congress establishing new mail routes and requiring more expensive services on others and the increasing wants of the country have for three years past carried the expenditures something beyond the accruing revenues, the excess having been met until the past year by the surplus which had previously accumulated.”

   “To establish a system of priorities and allocations for materials and facilities, authorize the requisitioning thereof, provide financial assistance for expansion of productive capacity and supply, provide for price and wage stabilization, provide for the settlement of labor disputes, strengthen controls over credit, and by these measures facilitate the production of goods and services necessary for the national security, and for other purposes.”

   “Except as otherwise provided in regulations issued pursuant to this Order, no goods or services of Iranian origin may be imported into the United States, including its territories and possessions, after the effective date of this Order.”

2. (form-of, plural)plural of service
3. (UK)A service station.

   “There's a services in 10 miles.”

   “However, the tedium was a little relieved by the fact that I had to call in every services from Birmingham to Watford Gap.”

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of service