: permitting or offering self-service
self-serve gas
a self-serve farm stand
These hotels are surprisingly good—with fresh beds, flat-panel TVs, self-serve breakfast buffets and free wireless broadband.Rich Kalgaard

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Rainfall showers, anti-jet-lag facial treatments, hand rolls and self-serve cocktails are some of the offerings at LAX lounges. Chris Dong, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024 More brands have been relying less on ad agencies and bringing ad-buying in-house thanks to stronger self-serve platforms and AI tools from large tech companies like Meta and Google. Axios, 9 Dec. 2024 Customer service—automating ticket requests or providing intelligent self-serve support for the customer—was another area where intelligent bots made big gains in 2024. David Gucker, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 Instead of a bustling cafeteria, the courthouse has a small self-serve market stocked with energy bars and instant noodles. David McCabe, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for self-serve 

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of self-serve was in 1910

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“Self-serve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-serve. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

self-serve

adjective
ˈself-ˈsərv
: permitting self-service
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