self-serve
adjective
: 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.—
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Limit Use Of Self-Serve Restaurants Choosing to dine in a ship’s main dining room, even at breakfast or lunch, is a healthier and safer option than using self-serve buffets.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
In Chinatown, Baker’s Bench opened for business on Thursday with a self-serve, pay-what-you-can model, with staff compiling activity packs for children.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Look for the self-serve The Lucky Spot machines and scan the ticket barcode.
—Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2024
The far-forward Bow Lounge on Deck 6 offers great ocean views, daytime snacks, a self-serve espresso machine, and touchscreens showing the ship location, plus navigational and scientific information.
—Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
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David Nikel, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
In Chinatown, Baker’s Bench opened for business on Thursday with a self-serve, pay-what-you-can model, with staff compiling activity packs for children.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Look for the self-serve The Lucky Spot machines and scan the ticket barcode.
—Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2024
The far-forward Bow Lounge on Deck 6 offers great ocean views, daytime snacks, a self-serve espresso machine, and touchscreens showing the ship location, plus navigational and scientific information.
—Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Self-serve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-serve. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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