: 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

Examples of self-serve in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Walmart spokeswoman Kelsey Bohl said that during times of limited self-checkout access, some stores were designating select self-serve registers for Walmart+ members using the retailer’s Scan and Go app and for independent contractors who make deliveries and returns for the chain and other stores. Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024 The hotel will feature 156 guest rooms and suites, a communal kitchen, social dining and entertainment areas, a rooftop bar, the Gaslighter Social Club with a self-serve tap wall, and an underground bar and entertainment venue, Lilly Rose. Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2024 Only travelers enrolled in TSA PreCheck can use the self-serve security lanes. Michael Salerno, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024 As reported by numerous international outlets, self-serve pumps in New Zealand were unable to accept card payments due to a problem with the gas pumps' payment processing software. Scharon Harding, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2024 This bar has 35 self-serve taps of craft beers, plus a variety of wine and champagne. The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024 In Roseville first hinted at its self-serve operation in September. Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024 After multiple lawsuits have been filed against the company, alleging that the drink caused health defects and in some cases fatalities, the fast casual chain has now removed the self-serve fountains in some locations. Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024 Launched in 2017, its self-serve model has attracted commentators ranging from the liberal American historian Heather Cox Richardson to the right-leaning former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss to finance, culture and lifestyle writers. Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024

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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 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

self-serve

adjective
ˈself-ˈsərv
: permitting self-service
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