Gas is a little cheaper with self-service, now that deregulation is kicking in.
Source: tatoeba (20235)
Self-service
//sɛlfˈsɜː.vɪs//
Synonyms for "self-service" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (2)
Adjective(1 words)
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48 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- خِدْمَة ذَاتِيَّة noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Belarusian
1 entries- самаабслуго́ўванне noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Bulgarian
1 entries- самообслу́жване noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Catalan
1 entries- autoservei noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 自助 noun (the practice of serving oneself)
- 自助服務 /自助服务 noun (the practice of serving oneself)
- 自我服務 /自我服务 noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Czech
1 entries- samoobsluha noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Danish
1 entries- selvbetjening noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Dutch
1 entries- zelfbediening noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Finnish
1 entries- itsepalvelu noun (the practice of serving oneself)
French
2 entries- libre-service noun (the practice of serving oneself)
- self-service noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Galician
1 entries- autoservizo noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Georgian
1 entries- თვითმომსახურება noun (the practice of serving oneself)
German
1 entries- Selbstbedienung noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Greek
1 entries- αυτοεξυπηρέτηση noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Hungarian
1 entries- önkiszolgálás noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Indonesian
1 entries- swalayan noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Irish
2 entries- féinfhreastal noun (the practice of serving oneself)
- féinseirbhís noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Italian
4 entries- autoservizio noun (the practice of serving oneself)
- fai da te noun (the practice of serving oneself)
- libero servizio noun (the practice of serving oneself)
- self-service noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Japanese
2 entries- セルフ noun (the practice of serving oneself)
- セルフサービス noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Korean
2 entries- 셀프 noun (the practice of serving oneself)
- 셀프 서비스 noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Lithuanian
1 entries- savitarna noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Macedonian
1 entries- самопослужување noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- selvbetjent noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Polish
1 entries- samoobsługa noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Portuguese
3 entries- autosserviço noun (the practice of serving oneself)
- livre-serviço noun (the practice of serving oneself)
- self-service noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Russian
1 entries- самообслу́живание noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- samoposlužívānje noun (the practice of serving oneself)
- самопослужи́ва̄ње noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Slovak
1 entries- samoobsluha noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Spanish
2 entries- autoservicio noun (the practice of serving oneself)
- self-service (selfservis) noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Swedish
1 entries- självbetjäning noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Ukrainian
2 entries- самообслу́га noun (the practice of serving oneself)
- самообслуго́вування noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tự phục vụ noun (the practice of serving oneself)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
A cafeteria is a self-service style restaurant.
Source: tatoeba (63577)
The cafeteria was self-service.
Source: tatoeba (268768)
On the opposite side of the concourse is the triple-counter ticket office and three self-service machines which are adjacent to a large customer service counter and the gateline.
Source: wiktionary
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