self-service
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++self-ˈservice adjective BBTa self-service restaurant, shop etc is one in which you get things for yourself and then pay for them 〔餐馆、商店等〕自助（式）的 —self-service noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
self-service• By 1951 Cohen had converted four stores to self-service - a revolution.• There's no dining room or lounge, but guests can have a self-service breakfast for £2.50.• Their findings are not recorded but in 1938 self-service carving was discontinued.• Cafeteria A large cafeteria seating over 300 people and offering full self-service facilities is situated at the rear of the Manor House.• a self-service gas station• There is an àlacarte restaurant for formal dining and a good value self-service restaurant which opens for lunches each week day.• The same applies where the accused gets petrol at a self-service station.• In Morris the accused took goods from the shelves of a self-service supermarket.• An oak tree, to a bird, must equal a fresh-food, self-service, take-away delicatessen.From Longman Business Dictionaryself-serviceˌself-ˈservice adjective a self-service shop, restaurant etc is one in which customers get the goods themselves and then go and pay for thema self-service food concern —self-service noun [uncountable]The average gas station in the US offers a generous discount for self-service.self-ˈservice adjectiveChineseSyllable
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self-service
self-ˈservice
adjective
a self-service restaurant, shop etc is one in which you get things for yourself and then pay for them
—self-service noun [uncountable]
self-ˈservice
adjectivea self-service restaurant, shop etc is one in which you get things for yourself and then pay for them
—self-service noun [uncountable]