2. Adjective. (chiefly US and Canada) Available for use; operational. ¹
3. Adverb. (chiefly British) Whilst a domestic servant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Service
Literary usage of In service
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... in service, although identical in law. The subjoined table (XVI.) shows the
total number' of telegraphic messages forwarded in England and Wales, ..."
2. Concentration and Control: A Solution of the Trust Problem in the United States by Charles Richard Van Hise (1912)
"In addition to competition in quality and in price there is competition in service.
This is best illustrated by those cases in which competition does not ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"The regiment, at time of going to press, is still in service, ... The regiment
was in service during the quarantine disturbances at Fire Island. September. ..."
4. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"One of the captains, with his company, was retained in service. The execution of
this order by Captain Gillespie, restrained further annoyance for some time ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"What is known as the general law for disabilities incurred in service and in the
course of duty was constituted or marine corps, or any enlisted man in the ..."
6. The State Of Mathematics Achievement: Naep's 1990 Assessment Of The Nation by Ina V. S. Mullis (2004)
"In-service mathematics training does not appear to be very common for elementary-school
teachers. About one-third of the fourth graders had teachers who ..."
7. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... in service, although identical in law. The subjoined table (XVI.) shows the
total number' of telegraphic messages forwarded in England and Wales, ..."
8. Concentration and Control: A Solution of the Trust Problem in the United States by Charles Richard Van Hise (1912)
"In addition to competition in quality and in price there is competition in service.
This is best illustrated by those cases in which competition does not ..."
9. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"The regiment, at time of going to press, is still in service, ... The regiment
was in service during the quarantine disturbances at Fire Island. September. ..."
10. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"One of the captains, with his company, was retained in service. The execution of
this order by Captain Gillespie, restrained further annoyance for some time ..."
11. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"What is known as the general law for disabilities incurred in service and in the
course of duty was constituted or marine corps, or any enlisted man in the ..."
12. The State Of Mathematics Achievement: Naep's 1990 Assessment Of The Nation by Ina V. S. Mullis (2004)
"In-service mathematics training does not appear to be very common for elementary-school
teachers. About one-third of the fourth graders had teachers who ..."
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