Definition of Service bureau

1. Noun. A business that makes its facilities available to others for a fee; achieves economy of scale.

Exact synonyms: Service Agency, Service Firm
Generic synonyms: Agency

Lexicographical Neighbors of Service Bureau

serveth
servewe
servewed
servewes
servewing
service-oriented architecture
service-oriented architectures
service abroad
service agency
service agreement
service area
service areas
service book
service break
service bureau (current term)
service call
service cap
service ceiling
service charge
service charges
service club
service contract
service cutback
service department
service dog
service door
service elevator
service entrance
service fee

Literary usage of Service bureau

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1887)
"The United States Signal service bureau has from the beginning—owing to the nature of its organization perhaps—taken a different course ; it has devoted its ..."

2. The American Year Book by Simon Newton Dexter North, Francis Graham Wickware, Albert Bushnell Hart (1911)
"(40) Canadian Car service bureau (Eastern Lines.) The burea us in Trunkline Territory were disl)an(led on Nov. 1. 1910. Traffic Associations. ..."

3. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (1898)
"... and "The Prisoner of the Border, a Tale of 1838" (1857). signal service bureau began the publication of a daily " International Bulletin," comprising ..."

4. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"... and road conditions will be answered promptly by Sunset service bureau 1 ... service bureau ..."

5. Report of the Committee on Inquiry Into the Departments of Health, Charities by New York (N.Y.). Board of estimate and apportionment. Committee on inquiry into the Departments of health, charities, and Bellevue and allied hospitals, George McAneny, Henry Collier Wright (1913)
"Social Service Staff The function of the social service bureau has been dealt ... Sometimes the social service bureau is affiliated with, or is a part of, ..."

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