| advertising |
the act, job, or business of designing and putting out notices to the public, usually in order to sell a product or service. [1/2 definitions] |
| area code |
a set of three numbers given to different areas of the United States and Canada for telephone service. An area code must be dialed before the telephone number when calling someone outside a local area. |
| business |
When someone sells things or does a service for people in order to make money, we say they are in business. When someone is in business, they take part in the activity of buying or selling things. [2/4 definitions] |
| cater |
to supply food or other service. [2/3 definitions] |
| coast guard |
(capitalized) a U.S. military service that patrols and protects the nation's coasts. |
| commend |
to speak of with praise for some act or service. |
| commercial |
When people want to sell something, they sometimes put a commercial on TV. The commercial tells people about their product or service, and they hope the commercial will make people want to buy it. You can see commercials between parts of the TV show you are watching. There are commercials on the radio too. [1/2 definitions] |
| commission |
to put into active service. [1/7 definitions] |
| communion |
(capitalized) the part of a Christian service that honors the last supper of Jesus and his apostles. [1/2 definitions] |
| congregation |
A congregation is all the members who belong to a particular church, synagogue, or other religious community, or all the people who attend one particular religious service. [1/2 definitions] |
| consumer |
A consumer is a person who buys goods or services. When you shop in a grocery store, you are a consumer. If your mom pays someone to fix the roof of your house, she is a consumer. She is buying a service from the person who comes to fix the roof. |
| desk |
Sometimes a desk is a counter where you can get some kind of help or service. In a hotel, the front desk is where you get the key to your room. [1/2 definitions] |
| draft |
of a government agency, to select (a person or persons) for required military service. [1/10 definitions] |
| engage |
to get or use the service of; hire. [1/6 definitions] |
| exclusive |
giving attention or service only to a certain type of person. [1/2 definitions] |
| fee |
an amount of money requested or paid for a service. [1/2 definitions] |
| feudalism |
a political and economic system in Europe and Japan during the Middle Ages. Royal or noble families owned the land and allowed people to live on and farm the land in return for a share of the crops and their service in war. |
| for hire |
available for service or use in return for a payment of money. |
| gas station |
a place where gas, oil, and other supplies for running a car can be bought; filling station; service station. |
| information |
a telephone service that can tell the caller the phone number of a person or business. [1/2 definitions] |
| institute |
an organization set up to provide a service or support a cause. [1/4 definitions] |