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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
service .
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Examples
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And furthermore, I told her, following up my totally logical defense, "we pay 20% at home, so we're used to paying more." 10% is the normal tipping rate at bars and table-service restaurants in Berlin.
Ali Fitzgerald: The Plague Of American Cheapskates Ali Fitzgerald 2011
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Frauenfelder lives in Los Angeles, which makes me feel bad for him, but also puts him in close proximity to the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood and Sherman Oaks, which charge premium prices for a premium experience that includes reserved seating, advanced sound systems and a grown-up friendly lobby with full bar and table-service restaurant.
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The plan includes one quick-service meal, one snack and one table-service meal at up to 100 restaurants for each night of the package stay.
Free Dining Plan for Disney World now open to all | The Disney Blog 2009
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And as one fast-food industry executive once told me, "If you think our food is bad, you should look at table-service restaurants."
Michael F. Jacobson: Hey Waiter! There's a Megacalorie in My Stew! 2009
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The Mexican table-service restaurant is also very good, as is Morocco.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Updated Disney World Reviews 2008
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On average, management turnover rates run around 20% annually for table-service restaurants, while hourly workers turn over at roughly a 150% clip.
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The dining tables were profuse with solid silver table-service.
The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail William H. Ryus
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There is always pleasure in examining an acorn-cup, -- perhaps associated with fairy banquets, where they were said to compose the table-service.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Various
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There was also a very pretty table-service of white crockery, a roll of white carpeting, boxes of soap, chests of tea, casks of sugar, bags of coffee, etc., etc., in the greatest profusion.
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
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There was a splendid table-service, and a noble array of footmen, some of them in plain clothes, and others wearing the town-livery, richly decorated with gold-lace, and themselves excellent specimens of the blooming young-manhood of Britain.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various
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