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| service station |
| 1. n. (Australia) a filling station, gas station or petrol station; a facility selling fuel for road motor vehicles |
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| 2. n. a service area |
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| Analysis |
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| service |
| 1. n. An act of being of assistance to someone. |
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| I say I did him a service by ending our relationship - now he can freely pursue his career. |
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| 2. n. (economics) The practice of providing such a service as economic activity. |
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| Hair care is a service industry. |
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| 3. n. A department in a company, an organization, a government department, etc. |
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| station |
| 1. n. (obsolete) The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis. |
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| 2. n. (astronomy) The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion. |
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| 3. n. A stopping place. |
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| 4. n. A regular stopping place for ground transportation. |
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| The next station is Esperanza. |
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